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Asked: 2026-05-12T08:30:55+00:00

I am just curious to know if there is a specific reason why the

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I am just curious to know if there is a specific reason why the .Net Framework adds the ‘X-Powered-By:ASP.NET’ Http Header in its responses? Do other web servers (Apache, httpd) do the same thing?

EDIT: I know that it can be changed. I want to know if there is a reason to keep it or leave it as it is?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I know that PHP does this. I guess there is no real purpose, other than marketing and making it easier for script kiddies to find suitable victims. For PHP it’s better to disable the flag entirely since it shows the PHP version and therefore makes the server more vulnerable to attacks.

    Edit: Who knows, it might also lead to better search results on bing… 😉

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