# follow symlinks and deny directory access
Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes
# deny all xml files
<Files ~ "^.*.([Xx][Mm][Ll])">
Order allow,deny
Deny from all
Satisfy All
</Files>
# disable the server signature
ServerSignature Off
# set the default character set
AddDefaultCharset utf-8
# compress the following mime-types
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
application/x-javascript
text/css
</IfModule>