On 18 February 2011 22:04, Eric Covener <covener@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Fran Boon <francisboon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> 2011/2/18 Igor GaliÄ <i.galic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> httpd error log: >>>> client denied by server configuration: >>>> proxy:ajp://localhost:8009/geoserver/gwc/service/wms >>>> This happens under 'high' load only (pages usually display >>> How high? Are we talking high demand, or high CPU? >> Concurrent requests. >> If I fire off 10 requests, then say the 1st 4 respond OK, & then the >> following 6 fail with the 403 'Forbidden' > Running third-party modules that limit these things? Good catch! Seems like it was mod_evasive which was causing the problems - had been installed by a colleague to secure against DoS attacks, but inevitably gives problems with legitimate traffic trying to make simultaneous requests. Explains exactly both why it was so erratic in behaviour & why I couldn't see other people having these problems! /me crawls into a hole in shame... Many thanks for your help - makes a world of difference :) Fran. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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