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404 page getting lots of hits
My log is showing lots of hits to my 404 error page. Previously this had been because of a missing favicon, but it’s since been fixed. Now I don’t have a clue. I’m getting several of these in a row in my access_log:
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69.163.154.50 – - [28/Nov/2005:02:41:54 +0000] “GET /& HTTP/1.1” 302 – “-” “Java/1.4.1_04”
69.163.154.50 – - [28/Nov/2005:02:41:54 +0000] “GET /404/ HTTP/1.1” 200 5513 “-” “Java/1.4.1_04”
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If it helps, my site is addisonhall.com and Textdrive hosts it.
I’d appreciate any help. Thanks.
Last edited by Addison (2005-11-28 03:26:10)
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Re: 404 page getting lots of hits
I get a lot of hits to the 404 but about 70% of them are the idiotic Yahoo bot. I think it just comes up with URLs at random and goes looking for them. It has no brains what-so-ever.
Stuart
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Re: 404 page getting lots of hits
Yeah, I had wondered whether or not it was some kind of spambot… I also didn’t know what the “Java/1.4.1_04” was — usually the browser name shows up there.
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#4 2005-11-28 21:59:09
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Re: 404 page getting lots of hits
It’s a bot or spider of some kind. “Java/1.4.1_04” means it was written in Java. Most competent bot authors put a real UA string in there: either the name of the bot (if their intentions are good), or a forged browser name (if they aren’t). So this one is probably home-made, an experiment.
Alex
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#5 2005-11-29 01:53:35
- zem
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Re: 404 page getting lots of hits
If you want to find out who they are, or just have a little fun, you could set up a mod_rewrite rule to redirect requests with that IP or UA to http://addisonhall.com/who_are_you_and_why_are_you_spidering_my_site. Maybe they’ll notice it in their logs :)
Alex
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Re: 404 page getting lots of hits
Thanks, Alex — I’m beginning to think you’re right. I’m getting more from different IPs. Is the mod_rewrite rule difficult or something I can lookup online? (Sorry I have to ask)
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