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cheat-master30

11-10-2007 07:27 PM

Is removing meta info allowed?

As in, changing it to this:

Code:

<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin" />

From

Code:

<meta name="generator" content="vBulletin 3.6.8" />

Because I thought of testing this, but I don't know if it's allowed. Staff answer preferrable...

Opserty

11-10-2007 07:35 PM

You would be better off asking at vb.com, but I am 99% sure that your allowed to do that. Since you are only removing the version number.

cheat-master30

11-10-2007 07:41 PM

That's not a bad idea. I'm just hesitant to register there since I don't think I'd use that forum much.

Freesteyelz

11-10-2007 08:46 PM

Go ahead and remove the version number. You won't be the first to have done that. :)

Paul M

11-10-2007 09:51 PM

You can remove it if you want, but it doesn't really achieve much.

Some people seem to think it somehow makes their site more secure, but it doesn't really help.

youradhere4222

11-10-2007 10:21 PM

If a hacker knows of a vulnerability to a certain version, they could simply Google the version number, finding a forum to execute the hack on. I, personally, think it's a good idea if you're running an older version of vBulletin.

An alternative would be to replace it with an image. :)

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