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Mark,

On 7/9/13 8:16 AM, Mark Thomas wrote:
> On 09/07/2013 12:54, Howard W. Smith, Jr. wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 2:18 AM, Caldarale, Charles R < 
>> chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>> 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.
>>> 
>> 
>> Done. Thanks. Will continue to monitor logs, occasionally, to see
>> if my changes, made at the firewall level, blocks the IP
>> addresses that are repeat offenders. :)
> 
> fail2ban is your friend

+1

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