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Changing Apache FileETag for PCI Compliance

DickenW

New Pleskian
My Plesk server is currently failing PCI scans:

"Description: Apache ETag header discloses inode numbers Severity: Potential Problem CVE: CVE-2003-1418 Impact: A remote attacker could determine inode numbers on the server."

I have added the following line to '/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf':

FileETag MTime Size

I have added it twice - in the main body of the file, and also inside the primary <Directory> directive, as I was not sure where to place it.

But, Apache is still failing the PCI scans for disclosing inode numbers.

And yes, I restarted apache ;)

Any ideas what else I have to change to get this to work?
(Plesk 10.3.1 CentOs)
 
Add this to a file within /etc/httpd/conf.d/ (assuming you're on Centos) :

Header unset ETag
FileETag MTime Size

Then restart Apache (and make sure you're not declaring something different in your .htaccess files!)
 
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