Tomcat 6.0.35 http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/config/valve.html#Access_Log_Valve
"Some requests may be handled by Tomcat before they are passed to a container. These include redirects from /foo to /foo/ and the rejection of invalid requests". What is an invalid request? If I have a deny set for a Remote Host Filter, is that considered an invalid request attempt? What I'm trying to do is deny a certain requestor from making a POST request to a URL that is no longer published, yet retain the attempted request in the access log. If I'm denying the request, should I even care to log the fact that there are still attempts at a non-existent webapp? The requestor makes about 200 POST requests within a few seconds everyday around the same time for the past 4 months. They all result in HTTP 500. Leo