On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Jose Nazario wrote: > On Thu, 30 Aug 2001, Bart Haezeleer wrote: > > 63.251.5.46 - - [30/Aug/2001:09:20:04 +0200] "GET > > http://www.yahoo.com/index.html HTTP/1.1" 200 2890 > some sort of screwup? the 200 return code is interesting ... Looks like this was a search for web proxies. > > Is this something to worry about? > not much. just a scanner. I would be concerned - not only they are using your bandwidth, they can also use your system for "carding" something on the internet, and shift the blame onto you. Or use your system to bypass access restrictions. Or any of the miriad of other things. Signed: //Stany -- +-------+ Stanislav N Vardomskiy - Procurator Odiosus Ex Infernis[TM] +-------+ | "Backups we have; it's restores that we find tricky." Richard Letts at ASR | | This message is powered by JOLT! For all the sugar and twice the caffeine. | +--------+ My words are my own. LARTs are provided free of charge. +---------+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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