HTTP Response Headers

by Jeff Hunter, Sr. Database Administrator

Introduction

The following table lists the standard response-header fields defined by HTTP/1.1; these are headers that may be included in a server response.

HTTP Response Headers

HTTP Response Headers
Header	Function
Accept-Ranges	Specifies which range requests are acceptable
Age	Specifies how old a cached object is
ETag	Specifies the entity tag of the object
Location	Specifies a redirection location
Proxy-Authenticate	Proxy authentication challenge
Retry-After	Specifies how long a service will be unavailable
Server	Identifies the server software
Vary	Identifies which headers affect an object's content
WWW-Authentication	Client authentication challenge