[Wylug-help] Logwatch help / advice.

[James Holden]

On Sat, 2011-10-08 at 23:23 +0100, Roger wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I get a system, 'Logwatch' report each day from my server.
> 
> I often get items like (quoting the latest):
> 
>   --------------------- httpd Begin ------------------------
> 
>   Requests with error response codes
>      404 Not Found
>         http://movietvblog.com/proxyheader.php: 2 Time(s)

[snip]

At a guess it's somebody, probably using an automated tool, attempting
to exploit a bug and cause your server to act as a proxy for those
requests.

Regards,

James

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