> > I've been getting many errors like this in ssl_access_log: > > > > 127.0.0.1 - - [28/Sep/2007:09:07:29 -0700] "GET /" "-" "-" 400 470 > > > > and now access_log has started printing these: > > > > 127.0.0.1 - - [28/Sep/2007:03:10:07 -0700] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 404 24 "-" > > "Apache (internal dummy connection)" > > > > I read here: > > > > http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?t=506054 > > > > that the "internal dummy connection" is used by apache-2.2 to signal > > its children to die, but the 404 and 400 are puzzling and why does the > > ssl_access_log error not include a UA? > > See: > http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/InternalDummyConnection > > 404 is because you don't have any content at the root of the default > virtual host. 400 was because apache uses a non-ssl request, so if the > default virtual host is ssl, the connection doesn't work properly. > Neither of these is a problem. You can just ignore them. Ok, thanks Joshua. Do these entries indicate that I might need to make a change in my prefork settings? I'm currently using: StartServers 10 MinSpareServers 10 MaxSpareServers 20 MaxClients 256 MaxRequestsPerChild 100 - Grant --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx