Rewrite URL as Query String Parameters (Apache) Convert URL structure to query string parameters. Use to create SEO friendly URLs.
Rewrite URL as Query String Parameters (IIS) Create SEO friendly URLs by tokenizing the URL into query_string parameters.
Block Specific User-agents (Apache) Block specific User-agents' requests. Useful for dealing with malicious bots.
Remove File Extensions From URLs (Apache) Simplify URLs slightly by removing file extensions. Used to tidy up URLs a bit, not to 'cloak the technology in use'.
Add Caching for Static Assets (Apache) Add caching directives that browsers will use to cache static assets on the client side.
Add Caching for Static Assets (IIS) Increase performance and reduce bandwidth use by adding caching directives that browsers will use to cache static assets client side.
Add Caching for Static Assets (NGINX) Send browsers caching directives that they will use to cache static assets on the client-side.
Block Specific User-agents (NGINX) Disallow specific User-agents' requests. Useful for dealing with malicious bots.
Enforce Lower Case URLs (NGINX) Force URLs to lowercase, very important for SEO to avoid duplicate content penalties in search engines.