Re: Lots of entries in 404 log

From: Brent Colflesh (bcolflesh_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 02/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:54:52 GMT

srm wrote:
> I have a site where I'm notified of all 404 errors (which are also logged to
> a database). It normally gets about 10-15 errors a day - mostly search
> engines trying to index deleted pages. Yesterday, however, I got about 130
> from one IP (69.31.133.180 - which resolves as nLayer
> Communications/Pilotsoft Inc - though the whois entry is sparse on
> details). These errors were searches for pages that have never existed, and
> with an additional forward slash at the beginning. These pages include:
> //links.php
> //search.php
> //privmsg.php
> //groupcp.php
> //viewonline.php
> //viewtopic.php
> My site *is* PHP-based, but I've either never had pages with these names or
> never in these locations. The visitor attempted to open these pages
> multiple times (10-15 times in many cases). Anyone any thoughts?

That's an automated bot searching for phpBB pages to exploit - make sure
you've upgraded to 2.0.12, if you actually have that forum software
installed.

Regards,
Brent