----- "lists httpd-user" <lists.httpd-user@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > Regularly I see entries in the error log like: > "GET http://98.126.64.106/judge123.php HTTP/1.1" 404 > with varying IP address and varying file name. > I am not very worried, because the 404 means they don't get > anything. > But I'd like to know what exactly they are trying to do (and why do > it via my system)? > Thanks for any clarifying thoughts. Somebody is using your server as open proxy, and successfully so. Even though you see 404s, that doesn't mean it's being rejected. A 403 would mean it is being rejected. See: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_proxy.html#proxyrequests It's off by default, and for good. > Regards, > > Hans. > > J.D.H. Beekhuizen > e-mail: jdh.beekhuizen@xxxxxxxxxxx > tel: ++31(71)4015437 > fax: ++31(71)4017198 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkzIHcQACgkQLfImQU9wLUpWnwCcCzfd4rwetDaH3fF5J0tfJuzL > IVQAoPPlki5eXXL2jRu9fvC+4aP5Svle > =7jNJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -- Igor GaliÄ Tel: +43 (0) 664 886 22 883 Mail: i.galic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx URL: http://brainsware.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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