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response header fields


From: Andre Rodrigues <acastanheira2001 () yahoo com br>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:32:54 -0700 (PDT)

Hi,

Can you tell me what response headers do I need to suppress in order to improve security?

Response headers example:

Server:      Apache-Coyote
x-powered-by: <My server information>


I think the above headers inform too much, so I will remove them. 

Am I paranoid, or is it a good practice?



 Thanks,
André





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