Er, you might look at http://www.tonkinresolutions.com/MSIISProbes.pm.html ...
Always a good idea to search the mod_perl list archives, as well as put out ideas in the present tense :) Nick ~~~~~~~~~~~ Nick Tonkin On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > On 10/28/01 08:29 PM, Jeremy Rusnak sat at the `puter and typed: > > > Just today, I finished a new module - my first from scratch - for > > > handling 404 errors. I know Apache::404 isn't a real imaginative > > > name, but it works. > > > > I took a look at this, it's a good idea for smaller sites. I would > > suggest that you figure out a way to put a rate limit on the number > > of E-mails that are sent warning the admin, though. On my site > > we receive over a million page views a day...When something gets > > broken I don't want to have 10,000 E-mails in my inbox. > > > > In addition, there are many black hats out there who might be > > tempted to use this an exploit. I once had a script that told the > > user "Error blah blah...An E-mail has been sent to our support > > staff to notify them of the problem." Of course some people > > decided to call the script thousands of times and fill up the > > hard drive on our mail server. > > > > Of course, not all sites are going to have issues like this...But > > I think if you're going to be releasing modules it might be a > > good idea to include some notes for sites that MIGHT. > > Very good point. The CodeRed and Nimda modules have a cache mechanism > (File::Cache, IIRC) that prevents repeat reports within a 24 hour > period. Definitely a good idea. > > This would also help with the likes of the Nimda and CodeRed hits, so > you would only get one per day of any of the unique URIs generating > reports. > > Now I DO see the value of opening discussion *prior* to just throwing > a module out! :) > > Look for V1.01 in the next week :) > > Thanks! > Lou > -- > Louis LeBlanc [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) > http://www.keyslapper.org ԿԬ > > Second Law of Final Exams: > In your toughest final -- for the first time all year -- the most > distractingly attractive student in the class will sit next to you. > >
