Hi All, I want to know thoughts on if I am being to paranoid/security conscious. CentOS 5.6, Apache, MySQL, running an Firewall in front of everything and obviously the built-in firewall on the box. I have ssh on a different port and starting to use Keys instead of password authentication. I host an intensive website and I am getting about 150 unique visitors per day. What I am seeing is LogWatch reporting a lot of 404's like: 404 Not Found //PHPMA/: 1 Time(s) //admin/myadmin/: 1 Time(s) //admin/phpmyadmin/: 1 Time(s) //adming/: 1 Time(s) //ascils/phpmyadmin/: 1 Time(s) //blog/wp-content/plugins/phpmyadmin/: 1 Time(s) //database/: 2 Time(s) //db/: 1 Time(s) //dba/: 1 Time(s) //dbadmin/: 2 Time(s) //html/phpMyAdmin/: 1 Time(s) //html/phpmyadmin/: 1 Time(s) //lamp/phpmyadmin/: 1 Time(s) //myadmin/: 1 Time(s) //mydatabase/: 1 Time(s) //mydb/: 1 Time(s) //myphp/: 1 Time(s) //mysql-admin/: 1 Time(s) //mysql/: 1 Time(s) //mysqladmin/: 2 Time(s) //mysqlmanager/: 1 Time(s) //phpMyAdmin-2.8.0.2/: 1 Time(s) //phpMyAdmin-2.8.1-rc1/: 1 Time(s) //phpMyAdmin-2.8.1/: 1 Time(s) //phpMyAdmin-2.8.2/: 1 Time(s) //phpMyAdmin/: 1 Time(s) //phpadm/: 2 Time(s) //phpma/: 1 Time(s) //phpmanager/: 1 Time(s) //phpmy/: 2 Time(s) //phpmyadmin/: 1 Time(s) //pma/: 1 Time(s) //pmaadmin/: 1 Time(s) //pmadmin/: 1 Time(s) //sql/: 1 Time(s) //sqladmin/: 2 Time(s) //sqldatabase/: 2 Time(s) //sqlmanager/: 1 Time(s) //sqlweb/: 1 Time(s) //typo3/phpmyadmin/: 1 Time(s) //webadmin/: 1 Time(s) //webdb/: 1 Time(s) //websql/: 1 Time(s) //wp-content/plugins/phpMyAdmin/: 1 Time(s) //wp-content/plugins/wp-phpmyadmin/: 1 Time(s) //xampp/phpmyadmin/: 1 Time(s) So I turned on Apache ReWrite and I created a file and I put in rules like: (just a small subset) RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/php(.*) [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phpmy(.*) [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phpma [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phpmyadmin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phpadmin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phpgadmin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phppgadmin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phpmyadmin(.*) [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/php\-my\-admin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/php\-myadmin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phpmy\-admin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phpmanager [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/player(.*) [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/plugins [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/pma [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/p/m/a [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/pmadmin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/pmaadmin [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/scripts [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/sd(.*) [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/sql [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/sqladmin [NC,OR] and if one of these is hit I use a Rule of: RewriteRule .* http://%{REMOTE_ADDR}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R=301,QSA] Everyday I look at the LogWatch E-Mail and I add one people are trying to hit and restart apache. This yields a few questions. 1. Am I being to paranoid by doing this? My logic is they dont belong here and I could get mad if someone walked up to my apartment and tried jiggling the door handle to see if it was unlocked. 2. I know I can simplify these rules. Wouldn't RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/php(.*) [NC,OR] get most of the attempts for thinks like /php, /php-myadmin, /phpmyadmin-2.0.8.8, etc? 3. Is there a better way to right these rules? 4. Why does LogWatch show this to me as a 404 , when a rewrite rule is hit and they are re-directed back to themselves? My rules seem to be working, if I try and hit /scripts right now, it does what I expect. Can anyone shed some light for me on my thoughts/questions? -- Jason _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos