Re: Strange Web Server Log Entries

["Jason Muskat de VE3TSJ - GCFA, GCUX, CEI, CEH" <Jason () TechDude Ca>]

Hello,

Logs are always interesting to review. It does look like the 1st HTTP  
GET request returned the page requested, and it did; however, your  
frame of context is incorrect. You should review your server's virtual  
hosting configuration. I'm sure you will have a default "*" (all)  
virtual host. The request for http://www.microsoft.com/ will serve  
your site's root page (/index.html).

The other requests seem to be an attacker checking to see if your  
server is an open-proxy. The 400 series return (error) codes are a  
good sign that your server is not.


Regards,

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On 6-Dec-07, at 4:24 PM, Sean Malloy wrote:

> Dear List,
>
> What do these entries in my Apache logs mean?
>
> 65.117.101.194 - - [20/Nov/2007:09:25:39 -0600] "GET http://www.microsoft.com/ 
>  HTTP/1.0" 200 2770
> 65.117.101.194 - - [20/Nov/2007:09:25:39 -0600] "POST http://lti-mail01.ltinetworks.com:25/ 
>  HTTP/1.0" 405 228
> 65.117.101.194 - - [20/Nov/2007:09:25:39 -0600] "CONNECT http://lti-mail01.ltinetworks.com:25 
>  HTTP/1.0" 400 260
>
> 61.152.255.46 - - [08/Sep/2007:13:24:03 -0500] "GET http://www.intel.com/ 
>  HTTP/1.1" 200 2903
> 61.152.255.46 - - [08/Sep/2007:13:24:07 -0500] "CONNECT www.google.com:443 
>  HTTP/1.0" 405 231
>
> 222.217.221.214 - - [27/Oct/2007:13:57:45 -0500] "GET http://www.intel.com/ 
>  HTTP/1.1" 200 2770
>
> 222.217.221.214 - - [28/Oct/2007:04:30:05 -0500] "GET http://www.intel.com/ 
>  HTTP/1.1" 200 2770
>
> 219.153.5.169 - - [28/Oct/2007:12:49:02 -0500] "GET http://www.intel.com/ 
>  HTTP/1.1" 200 2770
>
> 89.122.48.186 - - [21/Nov/2007:12:42:36 -0600] "HEAD http://www.sun.com/ 
>  HTTP/1.1" 200 0
>
> I am especially confused about the first lines in each set. I  
> interpret it as "client
> 65.117.101.194 successfully connected to my webserver and requested  
> the page
> http://www.microsoft.com";. It looks like someone is trying to bounce  
> an
> attack off of my webserver. Should I be worried about these entries?
>
> The server only servers static XHTML and CSS pages.
> --
> Sean Malloy
> Home Page: www.catgrepsort.com