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>>> Vanity (server, x-powered-by, via) gosh, no. server is no vanity, server is needed to know WHO THE HELL responded you (we are in a very messy cdn selector

by _ZeD_ 8y ago

>>> Vanity (server, x-powered-by, via) gosh, no. server is no vanity, server is needed to know WHO THE HELL responded you (we are in a very messy cdn selectors + cdns + application layers depending on non obvious rules on (sub)domain and cookies).

AstralStorm 8y ago
That is supposed to be handled by Host header. Server etc. provides at most redundant debugging info.
- speleding 8y ago
  The Host header is in de request, it should not occur in the reply (as the article states)
randomstring 8y ago
While working on a HTTP server in 2007 I discovered removing the "Server" header significantly delayed the render time in Firefox. So beware of unexpected side-effects!