[techtalk] strangs apache log

[Almut Behrens]

On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 10:27:15PM -0500, ktb wrote:
> Every once in a while I get line in access.log that seems to be pointing
> to another domain.  Obviously I'm not yahoo:)  What exactly is happening
> here and why?
> 
> 61.144.147.57 - - [16/Jul/2001:12:08:56 -0500] "GET
> http://WWW.YAHOO.COM/ HTTP/1.1" 200 6597
> 
> nslookup shows -
> 
> Name:    61.144.GD.CN
> Address:  61.144.147.57

Hi Kent,

I cannot contribute much myself to this, but I remember there was a
thread on the modssl list a while back, when someone else had observed
something similar in his apache logs.

Several possibilities -- from someone misusing your server as a proxy,
to someone simply trying a "telnet ... 80"; "GET http://WWW.YAHOO.COM/
HTTP/1.1" -- were being discussed...
See the archived thread, starting here:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modssl&m=98526342017209&w=2

Cheers,

- Almut