Disabling HTTP Methods in Apache HTTPD

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Issue

  • How to disable HTTP methods in Apache HTTPD?
  • How to disallow HTTP methods in Apache HTTPD?
  • Our scan has requested that we disable HTTP OPTIONS method on our RedHat Linux server. How do I disable HTTP on the webserver of RedHat Linux?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
  • Red Hat Software Collections (RHSCL)
  • Red Hat Web Server (JWS)
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services (JBCS)
  • Apache Web Server (HTTPD)
    • mod_rewrite

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