On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Jonathan Feldman wrote: > > It comes up with some interesting figures and i want to make sure > that i uderstand what these figures are telling me given that we are > quirte a small organisation with quite a fixed idea of our web > audience. >
First, have a look at meaning.html in the docs if you haven't already. That will answer many common questions. > > In the Requests section there are some figures i find difficult to > believe: > > > For instance i am told this: > > > <FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param>8335: 9.91%: 30/Dec/01 23:05: > /cgi-bin/dirsrc.pl > > > <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>Which i take to mean 8335 successful > downloads for this page by possibly some by the same people. Is this > interpretation true? Right. > There then follows many lines such as > > > 20<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param>: 9.91%: 30/Dec/01 23:05: > /cgi-bin/dirsrc.pl?ID=999 > > > <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>Which i take to mean that 20 users, > possibly the same have sent the query ID=999 to this perl program; These > 20 users are nothing to do with the 8335 above. True or > false?<FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param> > Wrong. The 8335 include the 20. > > <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>In the Status code report i am told > <FontFamily><param>Times New Roman</param> > > 3777: 401 Authentication required > > <FontFamily><param>Arial</param>I take this to mean that 3777 requests > were made, possibly (very probably!) some made by the same people, to > areas of our website that require a password. True or false? > Erm, I think so, but I'm not sure exactly how servers handle authentication. Maybe someone else could answer this better. > > Under neath this i am told that 14 people received a 403 code. Does this > mean there were 14 attempts to access an area which required a password > but where the user had the incorrect username or password or both? > 403 also covers cases where the file existed but the file permissions prevented access -- i.e., the file isn't readable, or is only readable by its owner. > > Lastly, in the File report I am told that there were 9553 requests for > files of type .pl. Should there be a way of checking this against all the > other figures where .pl files are lsted. eg in the requests report? > Yes, they should add up (if the Request Report contains everything), but be careful not to include file.pl?something which are already included in the file.pl. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01 +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
