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Re:Ask HN: advice for my site, happyjobsearch.com by lazyant on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @03:42PM (#853471)
that's leaky and calls for:

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ServerTokens Prod

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Re:Ask HN: advice for my site, happyjobsearch.com by nonrecursive on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @05:01PM (#853679)
Could you tell me why it's a bad thing? All I can think of is that it gives someone more info so they know where to start when cooking up an exploit
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Re:Ask HN: advice for my site, happyjobsearch.com by lincolnq on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @05:09PM (#853700)
If someone is scanning for vulnerable sites, it makes it possible to identify them without attempting the exploit.
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