I'm very new to running a web server.
Is there a way to have httpd drop requests to URIs that don't actually
exist in my environment?
For example, if I have a very simple web site with just the document
"index.html" I don't want people trying to access
"../../../../../users/john/secretstuff". I would prefer such attempts
be dropped, logged, and an alert thrown to my mailbox or a script that
calls my cell phone.
If such functionality exists, is there a way for httpd to automatically
figure out which URIs are valid and which are not without me changing a
database, config file, etc. every time I update my site?
It seems like this is an obvious way to prevent a host of attacks on my
web server like buffer-overflow attempts, attempts to exploit a
mis-configuration of the server, cross-site scripting attacks, etc. I
just can't figure out where to look to turn this on and configure it.
Thanks.
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Freedom, Truth, Love, Beauty.
John Rodenbiker
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