Apache Web server Useful Tips

Hide PHP Version in Apache from remote users requests In order to prevent PHP from exposing the fact that it is installed on the server, by adding its signature to the web server header we need to locate in php.ini the variable expose_php and turn it off.By default expose_php is set to On.
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Keeping your System clock current, automatically via Network Time Protocol (NTP)

NTP, the Network Time Protocol, is used to keep computer clocks accurate over the Internet, or by following an accurate hardware receiver which interprets GPS, DCF-77, NIST or similar time signals. ntpdate is a simple NTP client which allows a system’s clock to be set to match the time obtained by communicating with one or […]
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