Very long URL with malice intended

[GROG! (Jeff Howie)]

On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:50:53 -0600, Jack L. Stone wrote:
>At 08:28 PM 3.27.2004 +0100, Cordula's Web wrote:
>>>Within the past couple of weeks, the Apache logs have shown a new
>>>type of intrusion -- a very, very long URL request...
>>>
>>>My question is what syntax can I add, if any, to my httpd.conf to
>>>redirect such requests..??
>>>
>>>65.35.186.74 - - [26/Mar/2004:19:01:04 -0600] "SEARCH
>>>/\x90\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\...
>>
>>Are only SEARCH requests affected, or GET as well?

Hey all. A question from a heretofore unrevealed skulker :^>. Was this
question ever answered off-list? My own box is getting hit quite often
with these & I'm concerned that they might be causing harm. thks

>The ones I've seen have all been SEARCH....

Me too.

thks

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