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The following page has been changed by slive: http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/Logs/Proxy_Abuse The comment on the change is: Don't ask the same question twice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - == Why do I see requests for other sites appearing in my log files? == + === Why do I see requests for foreign sites appearing in my log files? === An {{{access_log}}} entry showing this situation could look like this: {{{ 63.251.56.142 - - [25/Jul/2002:12:48:04 -0700] "GET http://www.yahoo.com/ HTTP/1.0" 200 1456 }}} - - === Why did a request for a foreign website come to my server instead of the foreign server? === This is usually the result of malicious clients trying to exploit open proxy servers to access a website without revealing their true location. They could be doing this to manipulate pay-per-click add systems, to add comment or link-spam to someone else's site, or just to do something nasty without being detected.
