[PR #1421] [MERGED] Reduce Fingerprinting #3539

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/1421
Author: @lkiesow
Created: 1/21/2023
Status: Merged
Merged: 1/22/2023
Merged by: @advplyr

Base: masterHead: fingerprinting


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📄 Description

As DieselTech#6997 pointed out in Matrix, it is a good idea to reduce fingerprinting by removing the X-Powered-By response header as pointed out by the Express security best practices:

See http://expressjs.com/en/advanced/best-practice-security.html#reduce-fingerprinting


🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/pull/1421 **Author:** [@lkiesow](https://github.com/lkiesow) **Created:** 1/21/2023 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 1/22/2023 **Merged by:** [@advplyr](https://github.com/advplyr) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `fingerprinting` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`a1b49f5`](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/commit/a1b49f5fcfadf5a364a7421063d522685c76a4da) Reduce Fingerprinting ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+1 additions, -0 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `server/Server.js` (+1 -0) </details> ### 📄 Description As DieselTech#6997 pointed out in Matrix, it is a good idea to reduce fingerprinting by removing the `X-Powered-By` response header as pointed out by the Express security best practices: See http://expressjs.com/en/advanced/best-practice-security.html#reduce-fingerprinting --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>
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Reference: starred/audiobookshelf#3539