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Date:      Wed, 31 Mar 2004 18:32:53 +0300
From:      "Toni Heinonen" <Toni.Heinonen@teleware.fi>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Very long URL with malice intended
Message-ID:  <B36C365832C90E47A37F4FFCDDEFC46D3D6041@hkisrv08.tw.fi>

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> On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:50:53 -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote:
> >At 08:28 PM 3.27.2004 +0100, Cordula's Web wrote:
> >>>Within the past couple of weeks, the Apache logs have shown a new
> >>>type of intrusion -- a very, very long URL request...
> >>>
> >>>My question is what syntax can I add, if any, to my httpd.conf to
> >>>redirect such requests..??
> >>>
> >>>65.35.186.74 - - [26/Mar/2004:19:01:04 -0600] "SEARCH
> >>>/\x90\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\...
> >>
> >>Are only SEARCH requests affected, or GET as well?
>=20
> Hey all. A question from a heretofore unrevealed skulker :^>. Was this
> question ever answered off-list? My own box is getting hit quite often
> with these & I'm concerned that they might be causing harm. thks

Don't be concerned, those are probably worms looking for IIS holes or =
the like. Since you're running Apache you're not vulnerable.



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