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As far as I know, I don't have apache's proxy service turned on (or at least, I didn't turn it on knowingly). How would I find out if it's turned on, and how would I turn it off. There is probably something I need to put or take out of httpd.conf? Thanks a lot for your help.
Greg


On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 01:58:18PM +1000, Aaron Howell wrote:
> Hi there,
> The first one indicates you probably have apache's proxy service turned on.
> If that's correct, turn it off, or, restrict it to your own subnet.
> The second probably means that once again, someone is ip scanning.
> They don't know what hostname your machine is likely to have, so they request the page by ip address (probably to find out if you're running a vulnerable server).
> If you're paranoid about that sort of thing, use the apache directive
> ServerSignature off
> In the main part of your httpd.conf file.
> That'll stop apache telling remote hosts what it is.
> Regards
> Aaron




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