web server attack

[Robert Huff]

Frank Laszlo writes:

>  >> Does anyone know what this is and what I can do to stop it
>  >> besides adding the ip address to my firewall block rules?
>  >
>  > I suppose that someone is trying to exploit mod_proxy to connect to an 
>  > SMTP server (that's the "CONNECT 4.79.181.15:25" part), or at least 
>  > get HTTP replies back.
>
>  Setup mod_security to block that type of request. Any chance you
>  can capture some packets and send a link? I'd like to take a look
>  at it.

	Running apache-2.2, I don't seem to have _security among the
modules.  Do I need to change my config (and rebuild), or does it
perhaps go by another name in this version?


				Robert Huff