http.server
-----------
-Sticky buffer to match on the HTTP Server headers. Only contains the
-header value. The \\r\\n after the header are not part of the buffer.
+The ``http.server`` keyword is used to match on the HTTP response server
+header contents.
-Example::
+It is possible to use any of the :doc:`payload-keywords` with the
+``http.server`` keyword.
- alert http any any -> any any (flow:to_client; \
- http.server; content:"Microsoft-IIS/6.0"; sid:1;)
+Example HTTP Response::
+
+ HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+ Content-Type: text/html
+ Server: nginx/0.8.54
+
+.. container:: example-rule
+
+ alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HOME_NET any (msg:"HTTP Server Example"; flow:established,to_client; :example-rule-options:`http.server; \
+ content:"nginx/0.8.54";` bsize:12; classtype:bad-unknown; sid:121; rev:1;)
+
+.. note:: ``http.server`` does not include the leading space or trailing \\r\\n
.. _http.location: