How to disable HTTP Trace and Track method

Step1: Login to the server

Step2: Locate the apache configuration file
           # locate httpd.conf

Step3: Open the apache configuration file and add the following lines in each virtual host tag

            #vim httpd.conf

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<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@dummy-host.example.com
    DocumentRoot /www/docs/dummy-host.example.com
    ServerName dummy-host.example.com
    ErrorLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-error_log
    CustomLog logs/dummy-host.example.com-access_log common
    RewriteEngine on 
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK) 
    RewriteRule .* - [F]
</VirtualHost>
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Step4: Save the configuration file and restart apache process
      
          #/etc/init.d/httpd restart







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If there is no virtual host configured then add the following parameter in httpd.conf file
                 #vim httpd.conf

                   TraceEnable Off

restart httpd process