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Quote:> Here is a snippet of text from the Apache 1.3.12 online documentation:

> "The Header directives are processed just before the response is sent
> by its handler. These means that some headers that are added just
> before the response is sent cannot be unset or overridden. This
> includes headers such as "Date" and "Server". "

If you're using a CGI script to generate the headers, then only Date, Server,
and "Connection: close" are added. You can confirm this by using a script like
this:

  #!/usr/bin/perl
  print "Status: 200\nContent-type: text/plain\n\nBoo!";

and then connect to your server with:

  telnet <hostname> 80
  GET /path-to-cgi-program-above HTTP/1.0

(be sure to hit return twice at the end)

Unless you have other modules installed that I don't, you'll see that the only
headers returned are exactly what was used in the script (Status gets
modified), plus the ones I listed.

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Quote:> I'm going to guess that Date: and Server: are untouchable[1], and
> [1] Unless you hack the source. ;)

Or use nph-cgi, or mod_asis, or ...

(Haven't tried it recently, but Apache will also happily serve up
multiple instances of a header like Server: if provoked).

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