title: Disabling TRACE method on 2.2.3
body: <p>So I am trying to disable the TRACE method in Apache, which is also the problem in this question <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1114249/disabling-trace-request-method-on-apache-2-0-52">Disabling TRACE request method on Apache/2.0.52</a>. </p>
  
  <p>I have tried the rewrite rule in the VirtualHost block, Directory block, .htaccess file etc. In addition the TraceEnable Off option in httpd.conf does not work.</p>
  
  <p>This is the output of my testing:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[root@localhost user]# nc www.domain.com 80
  TRACE / HTTP/1.1
  Host: www.domain.com
  VAR1:test
  
  HTTP/1.1 200 OK
  Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:37:38 GMT
  Server: Apache/2
  Transfer-Encoding: chunked
  Content-Type: message/http
  
  3c
  TRACE / HTTP/1.1
  Host: www.domain.com
  VAR1: test
  
  0
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The rewrite rule is :</p>
  
  <pre><code>RewriteEngine on
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRACE
  RewriteRule .* - [F]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any clues of what might be wrong?</p>
  
  <p>Cheers!</p>