case closed ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 19:53:01 -0400 From: Alec Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Rob Hartill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: mod_log-any/500: single access creates multiple log entries
Upon further investigation, I believe you are right on target, thank you. ... alec Rob Hartill wrote: > > On Tue, 29 Apr 1997, Alec Berry wrote: > > > The files are always html (.html) files. There are no animations or fancy > > anything on the pages where this comes up, and only the html file appears > > in the log multiple times. > > I could send you a snippet from my logs, if that might help. > > I have a suspicion this is due to ATT's proxy servers, since the browser > > type is always: > > "Mozilla/1.22ATT (Windows; U; 16bit)", and the remote address is an > > "att.net" address. It happened again last night, the following was in my > > logs 60 times in the span of a minute: > > > > 207.146.246.18 - - [27/Apr/1997:23:41:08 -0400] "GET /links/ HTTP/1.0" > > 200 - "-" "Mozilla/1.22ATT (Windows; U; 16bit)" > > > > Then, two minutes later, the same thing about 15 more times in about a 10 > > second span. > > Might just be someone calling Netscape from 'remote control' to download > pages offline. > > There are hundreds of poorly written page fetchers out there. Many of > them operate out of search engine sites but there's a growing trend > for Joe Average to have his own network trasher in his bedroom. > > -- > Rob Hartill Internet Movie Database (Ltd) > http://us.imdb.com/tour .. a site for sore eyes.
