Re: rating TRACE

On 2014-11-13 16:13, Seth Art wrote:
> If you are lucky, it might be a false positive.  I have seen cases
> where OPTIONS tells you that TRACE is supported, but if you try the
> TRACE method, you get a 501 Not Implemented.   Worth a try.

For Apache HTTP Server, using the TraceEnable directive it should be 405 
Method Not allowed. If using rewrite rules to disable it, there's a 
choice, but the usual would be 403 Forbidden.

If your tester is just relying on the OPTIONS method, please find a 
better tester.

Simon



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