logwatch / webalizer

[James Thorpe]

Paul Howarth wrote:

> It is some script kiddle trying (and failing, if your httpd is up to 
> date) to provoke buffer overflows in your web server by asking it for 
> a very long URL. I get a few of these a week. Look in your 
> /var/log/httpd/access_log for the word "SEARCH" and you'll probably 
> find it.
>
Thanks for the info - there are indeed some quite strange urls being 
requested,

James.