Sun Java System Web Server 6.1 SP7 NSAPI Programmer's Guide

Response Headers

The response headers contain information about the server and the response data.

The following table lists some common response headers.

Table 12–3 Common Response Headers

Response Header  

Description  

Server

Name and version of the web server. 

Date

Current date (in Greenwich Mean Time). 

Last-Modified

Date when the document was last modified. 

Expires

Date when the document expires. 

Content-Length

Length of the data that follows (in bytes). 

content-type

MIME type of the following data. 

WWW-Authenticate

Used during authentication and includes information that tells the browser software what is necessary for authentication (such as user name and password).