I'm new to the list and have very little experience writing modules but have one concern because I have written quite a few perl scripts that send email alerts and I also ran a perl script that picked up 404 error through the doc error directive and know what kind of output is possible. Here it is. My server is constantly getting scanned by various hacking robots. I will get hundreds of these a day or more sometimes.
[Sun Oct 28 18:51:00 2001] [error] [client 64.81.175.236] File does not exist: /home/usr1/digital/html/scripts/root.exe [Sun Oct 28 18:51:01 2001] [error] [client 64.81.175.236] File does not exist: /home/usr1/digital/html/MSADC/root.exe [Sun Oct 28 19:28:29 2001] [error] [client 64.81.41.2] File does not exist: /home/usr1/digital/html/scripts/root.exe I'm not even on an nt machine and they are scanning for windows files. I think these have something to do with a virus going around right now. You can't block the ips, because they are constantly changing. Your server would stressed to check the long list of blocked ips after a while. The problem is that your script will be possible sending out hundreds of emails or more a day of useless information.. You would need some kind of intellegent way to determine if it was a legitimate request for a seemingly legitimate document. Is that possible? Hope this doesn't discourage you. Cya John Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louis LeBlanc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 7:51 PM Subject: New mod_perl hacker wannabe . . . > Hey all. > Just looking for a little direction here. > > I'm just getting started learning perl and mod_perl (might as well > jump in with both feet, right?). I am mostly just doing my own thing > and trying to solve interesting little problems as they come up. > > A while back, I modified the Apache::CodeRed module on CPAN, written > by Reuven Lerner to create Apache::Nimda. Now the CodeRed module > hasn't had a single hit in almost 3 weeks, but Nimda still handles a > good hundred or so each day. > > Well, I know that even Nimda won't last forever, and that module might > need to be rewritten to handle general web based virii requesting Win > based files, but that's minor. I'd eventually like to improve its > configurability. > > Just today, I finished a new module - my first from scratch - for > handling 404 errors. I know Apache::404 isn't a real imaginative > name, but it works. > > Anyway, I'd like to know if it is customary for any schmuck who has > deluded himself into thinking his module is the cat's ass to submit it > to CPAN and put up a tile as a mod_perl hacker? > > Probably not, but I'd sure be happy to see some ideas and comments, > slurs against my coding abilities . . . > Well, try to go easy on the slurs :) > > If you care to check out the couple of little things I've done, and > tell me what a dope I am for thinking anyone gives a cr@p, check out > my little dinky page at http://www.keyslapper.org/modules/. > > Feeling a bit wierd lately, so rest assured, I'm not always this self > depricating :) And I'm not gonna freak out with a little constructive > criticism. > > Thanks all. > Lou > -- > Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ > > Patageometry, n.: > The study of those mathematical properties that are invariant > under brain transplants. >
