On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Jeremy Wadsack wrote:

>
> Martin Whelan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Wednesday, November 12, 2003 3:54 AM):
>
> > Hi,
> > I have been using Analog for the last few years without any great problems.
> > Recently however the number of distinct hosts on one or two sites seems to
> > have gone out of
> > control, relative to the number of referrers. i.e the number of distinct
> > hosts is massive
> > and a lot seem to accessing the site directly. Any ideas? Given the fact
> > that no major advertising campaign has taken place, the stats seem out of
> > synch.
>
> Of hand, I might think that it was a "distributed attack" probably
> harvesting email addresses off the web site, but it could also be
> related to a server-based worm. Check your Request Report to find out
> if any particular pages are getting a lot of traffic. Also check the
> Failed Request report for worm attacks that don't get through.
>

And look in the raw logfiles to see if anything weird's going on.

-- 
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  the question of whether a submarine can swim."  (Edsger W. Dijkstra)
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