-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello, apache v2.0.52 We get a lot a suspicious search probes that generate entries in the error log of the "File does not exist" persuasion. At times the sheer quantity of bogus messages buries any useful error messages. In an effort to unburden the error log I redirect such requests to nowhwere in the <.htaccess> file with rules similar to:
RedirectMatch /(mysql|php)manager http://nowhere.invalid/ Redirect permanent /sellebriglie http://nowhere.invalid/ I have ended up with a lot of these ("a lot" is about 130). Blocking IP addresses is useless since the addresses are always changing. We have several related sites served from the same host, all of which suffer the same probing. I have been updating each <.htaccess> file as the probe patterns change; a PITA. 1. Is this a reasonable way of handling undesirable search probes? 2. Is there an "include"-style statement for <.htaccess> so I only need to update a single master redirect list? - -- James Moe moe dot james at sohnen-moe dot com 520.743.3936 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7vvM4ACgkQzTcr8Prq0ZNDTwCePYh8WINEWmCct0veMYmpByYs ALYAoKQf2sHACd3GXRxvO0ZshtxR8kPN =zGIn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@httpd.apache.org
