Hey Michael, the NPR connection is an interesting one. I do have one link on one page that does link back to npr.org.
Blake, the site has been around for 3+ years, and I've never seen anything like this... Thanks, Mark http://markphillip.com On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Blake Freeburg <[email protected]> wrote: > a) new startup? > b) welcome to botnets > > blake > > On 6/3/2010 5:29 PM, Mark Phillip wrote: > > Evening folks, > > I have pretty high expectations for the Refresh Austin list whenever I have > a tough question, but I might have found one stump-worthy. > > A couple months ago I started seeing requests in my web server access log > for "/ombudsman". I don't have an Ombudsman page, so it returned a 404. > Digging a little deeper, the same IP was repeatedly searching for the same > set of non-existent pages on my site: > > /about/privacypolicy.html > /about/termsofuse.html > /audiohelp/progstream.html > /blogs > /corrections > /email > /help > /help/communityfaq.html > /music > /ombudsman > /podcast > > After a bit more digging, I realized that it wasn't coming from just one IP > address. Turns out there are dozens of IP addresses all requesting the same > non-existent URLs. Each IP is scattered across the globe without any common > thread. The only user-agent listed in each request is a member of the > "Java/1.6.0" family. > > I am 100% stumped on this one. All Googling for community-sourced > Java-based search spiders comes up completely empty. > > > Any thoughts? Solve this and I'll buy you a beer on Tuesday. > > > > > Thanks, > Mark > http://markphillip.com > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<refresh-austin%[email protected]> > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
