Re: Fw: easy remote detection of a running tripwire for webpages syst em

[Matthew Wakeling <mnw21 () bigfoot com>]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Juan Vera wrote:
> # echo "ServerTokens Min" >> /whatever/httpd.conf
> # cp `which httpd` .
> # ed httpd
> 507904
> ,s/Apache\/1.2.34/YOUWONTKNOW!!/g
> w
> 507904
> q
> # ./httpd

Except that this gives away the number of characters in the original
version string.

Not too strong a hint, but there you go.

Matthew

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