Goal

• Prevent the display of lists of files contained in a directory.
• improve the server’s security.
• Reduce the risk of intrusion.

Implementation

Configure the server so that it does not return the listing of files found in a directory. For Apache, add for example options –indexes in the .htaccess.

Control

For each audited site:

• Check that the call to a directory without a default page - such as the directory of images, JS scripts or style sheets - does not return the listing of the contents of this folder (this action can however lead to an error page or to a redirect).

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