> From: Howard W. Smith, Jr. [mailto:smithh032...@gmail.com] > Subject: Re: How to handle "CONNECT ... HTTP 1.1" 400 in localhost_access_log
> why would the same IP address be hitting my server when 400 is the > response? > and they will continue attempting these "CONNECT..." requests until > they get a 404 or what? Because they're trying to break in. Any response indicates there's something to poke around in. > The 'HTTP "Forbidden" error' returned by RemoteAddrValve would seem to fuel > future/continual attempts as well as error 400. right? True, which is why it's best just to have a firewall or the TCP/IP stack completely ignore the traffic, and not send anything back. By the time the request gets to Tomcat, the TCP connection is established, so the antagonist knows there's something there. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
