Hi Janina, Are you suggesting somehow putting a 32 kb string into a google search field? How would one do that? I might just let the stuff pile up in my log file rather than modifying the apache configuration file several times a day. Apache seems to survive those probes and responds to them with an error message. But they come to me from all manner of originating ISP's and I do not want to block the entire domain from which they originate. -- The Moon is Waning Crescent (25% of Full) "Things are in the saddle, and they ride mankind." Ralph Waldo Emerson Personal site www.hhs48.com, Download site www.mhcable.com/~chuckh