Re: strange httpd error log response

[Ricardo Oliva <ricardo () zoology ubc ca>]

Hi Ralph,

This is actually a quite old one. This is just the entry on Apache's  
access_log file for exploit attempts on the IIS WebDAV service.

It does not affect Apache at all and you should not worry too much  
about it, but it can be a problem for log analyzers and web statistics  
applications.

I have tried to use Apache's customized logging for avoiding those  
messages from showing up in my log files but had no luck. So used old  
shell scripting for doing that once a month before some statistics  
software use the data.

Hope this helps.

All the best,
--
Ricardo Oliva
Core Systems Administrator
Zoology Department
University of British Columbia
Ph.: 604-822-3882
E-mail: ricardo () zoology ubc ca

On 9-Jun-04, at 5:28 AM, Ralph Brown wrote:

> > I have recently overhauled my server, and am now using Fedora Core 2.  
> >  With it came the newest version of Logwatch, 5.1. I have used  
> > Logwatch  with RH 9.X, and was very happy with it.
> > After running Logwatch a few times, I am getting the following  
> > message  (report to root). I do not understand it and wonder if it is  
> > a bug,  setting error, or ? Please advise and/or explain.
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >  --------------------- httpd Begin ------------------------
> > A total of 4 unidentified 'other' records logged
> >   SEARCH  /  
> > \x90\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02  
> > \xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x 
> > 02 \xb1\x0... (this repeats numerous times...)
> > ---------------------------------------------------
> > Suggestions please. Thank you in advance!
> > Ralph
> > "Forget world peace...
> > Try using your turnsignal"
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Ralph Brown
> > rbrown () policing net
>
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