How can the response header "Server: Apache" be removed from an apache HTTP response?

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Issue

  • Is there any way to remove the response header Server:Apache from the HTTP server response?
  • Server details are revealed in HTTP response; how is the response header Server:Apache removed?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    • 4
    • 5
    • 6
    • 7
  • JBoss Enterprise Web Server (EWS)
    • 2.x
    • 3.x
  • JBoss Core Services (JBCS) httpd
  • Apache httpd
    • 2.2.x
    • 2.4.x

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