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Re: [Summary-Talk] internal summary Apache



At 12:53 PM -0500 11/1/05, Jason Linhart wrote:
>Summary does not use Apache internally, nor does Summary's built in web
>server have any features which correspond to what ServerSignature or
>ServerTokens control. In effect, they are always turned off in Summary.
>
>The closest correspondence that I can think of is that Summary puts the
>release date of the version of Summary you are running in the page
>footer by default. It is not at all clear how a hacker could take
>advantage of that, since there are no known security issues in Summary
>that the release date could help them take advantage of. If it troubles
>you, and you have Summary SP Lite or SP, you can change the default page
>footer to remove the release date.
>
>My guess is that Hacker Safe has gotten confused. They presumably saw
>something that vaguely resembles the signature of a known vulnerability
>in Apache. Since Apache is not involved here, those known issues in
>older versions of Apache can't possibly apply to Summary.

Cool, thanks. That should suffice to make them remove this alert on
this site. Thank you!
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      alex@flagshipinteractive.com
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