Multiple choice technology security

It is a leading practice to suppress detailed errors in the following places:

  1. Web Server configuration files

  2. Application configuration files

  3. Application error handlers

  4. All of the above
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Explanation

Suppressing detailed error messages is important across all three locations. Web server configs can expose server version info. Application configs may reveal framework details. Error handlers often display stack traces and file paths. Attackers use this information for reconnaissance. Suppressing errors at all these layers prevents information disclosure.

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