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. >
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