Hi there --

I want to disable the TRACE and TRACK methods on our Apache 1.3.31 server with the mod_ssl 2.8.18 module. We have one virtual host section which automatically redirects connections to the server from port 80 to port 443. I initially added the following lines to both the port 80 and 443 sections:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^(TRACE|TRACK)
RewriteRule .* - [F]

However when I stopped and then restarted the server, the error message I received indicated a syntax error for the first line containing RewriteEngine or the command was not defined.

I don't believe I enabled the Rewrite module during the initial configuration. I ran the httpd -l command and there was no listing referencing rewrite. How would I go about enabling the module?

If you have the capability to use a DSO, check your httpd.conf for the LoadModule directives. You may need to build the module if you don't currently have it in your modules directory.