Does including decorative HTTP headers into server reply pose extra security risk?

Question

Suppose I reconfigure my HTTP server to add the following HTTP header into every reply:

X-Hello: Hello!

or some other presumably funny text.

Can this have any negative effect on the server security?

Answer 1

No. It has absolutely zero effect.

Answer 2

It depends what the header is.

Assuming it is a made-up, X--prefixed, custom header, with a static value, then @Polynomial's answer is correct - it has absolutely no effect.

If you build the header value based on something else - e.g. the user's password - then that obviously would be A Bad Thing™.

Answer 3

As long as you don't disclose info potentially valuable to a would be attacker you are fine. X-our-awesome-stack: Software vX.YZ, Anothersoft vX.YZ, we dont believe in input santiziation! could disclose info that you might not want to advertise. X-Hello: What's up type of headers are absolutely harmless.