From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 1 15:45:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29875 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 15:45:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29870 for ; Sat, 1 Aug 1998 15:45:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id IAA09059; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 08:15:35 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id IAA20594; Sun, 2 Aug 1998 08:15:34 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980802081533.I11960@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1998 08:15:33 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Mike <70720.1771@compuserve.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Is this a security problem? References: <199808011500_MC2-54DD-347E@compuserve.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199808011500_MC2-54DD-347E@compuserve.com>; from Mike on Sat, Aug 01, 1998 at 02:57:56PM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Saturday, 1 August 1998 at 14:57:56 -0400, Mike wrote: > My server is getting hit about every 3 seconds, 24 hours a day, > for a page that no longer exists there. (I should say my > web server) We get hundreds and hundreds of people trying > to access a cgi script this is no longer there and never > worked right in the first place. > > Is it possible there is something fishy going on? Or have > I just got into some automated link submitter problem and > have to live with it until they figure out that the script > is not there. What gives? Who's trying to access you? Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message