Ivan Ristic wrote:
> 
> 
> > As Lars said (and I agree), it has nothing to do with security. Why do you
> > provide such a "feature" then?
> 
>    Because I believe that changing the signature prevents some
>    automated tools from attacking the server.
> 
>    So, the signature
>    does matter.
> 

Without a doubt. Look at how many exploits grep on not only
the "name" of the server but also the version. 

I didn't propose this to create (yet another) heated discussion,
simply to suggest that we take ServerTokens to its logical
conclusion based on some requests I've seen. :)
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