Nginx Custom Headers - Kick Ass Server :P

[desiboy]

Intro :
In this tutorial , I will be showing how to Edit the default Server Headers of Nginx and set them to the required ones ..

If you are aware of the word server header , read this :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_header_fields

for example if you find Google's server header , it says :
Server: gws

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you can find headers using curl

curl -I google.com

or use an online tool
http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/headers

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download nginx source

from
http://nginx.org/

then untar it ..
browse to src/http/

Open ngx_http_header_filter_module.c for editing

find

static char ngx_http_server_string[] = "Server: nginx" CRLF;
static char ngx_http_server_full_string[] = "Server: " NGINX_VER CRLF;

and change it to the desired value

now compile nginx as usual with your custom settings and requirements ..

for this tutorial , I am just compiling with default options,

./configure
make
make install

start nginx ( you can directly start by going into the directory in which it was installed and call it or create an init script for making things easier )

here's my result for server header :

Tutorial by desiboy @ wjunction !
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[Dman]

Nice tutorial but it's common courtesy to leave the name as-is.

 

[XSLTel]

Nice tutorial, Thanks

 

[desiboy]

Nice tutorial but it's common courtesy to leave the name as-is.

True , when we consider the time and dedication that the coder must has put into the project , but reverse engineering is also not bad :P