Comments on: Weird URL Request http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:42:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Thomas Conlon http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-765 Thomas Conlon Wed, 11 May 2005 13:58:44 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-765 I'm not using AOL, they own my ISP and so traffic to tim's network will be "human-readably" identified as AOL equipment, OK? Thanks. Tim, you do have a router, right? You can set it to log those entries from that IP/range, just to be on the safe side. -tc syseng2msn.com I’m not using AOL, they own my ISP and so traffic to tim’s network will be “human-readably” identified as AOL equipment, OK? Thanks.

Tim, you do have a router, right? You can set it to log those entries from that IP/range, just to be on the safe side.

-tc
syseng2msn.com

]]> By: boing!!! http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-760 boing!!! Wed, 11 May 2005 07:01:06 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-760 Firewall!! Man the battlements! Firewall!! Man the battlements!

]]> By: Plosiguant http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-758 Plosiguant Wed, 11 May 2005 06:36:03 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-758 Probably nothing to worry about, possibly some script kiddie taking a chance, or possible somebody with a fairly old browser accessing it. You can notify your hosting provider, but I strongly doubt that anything will come of this. make sure you are backed up, just in case (you are doing this anyway, right?) Probably nothing to worry about, possibly some script kiddie taking a chance, or possible somebody with a fairly old browser accessing it.

You can notify your hosting provider, but I strongly doubt that anything will come of this. make sure you are backed up, just in case (you are doing this anyway, right?)

]]> By: john http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-754 john Wed, 11 May 2005 04:52:14 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-754 Thomas Conlon: what i don't understand is how you know so much about computers if you are using AOL!! it just doesn't add up. Thomas Conlon:

what i don’t understand is how you know so much about computers if you are using AOL!! it just doesn’t add up.

]]> By: Occult Investigator http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Occult Investigator Wed, 11 May 2005 00:40:57 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-746 patched up in what way? should i notify my hosting provider? patched up in what way? should i notify my hosting provider?

]]> By: Thomas Conlon http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Thomas Conlon Wed, 11 May 2005 00:38:50 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-745 It means you better be patched up, I would look for buffer overflows in the near future. -tc It means you better be patched up, I would look for buffer overflows in the near future.

-tc

]]> By: Jon Headlee http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Jon Headlee Tue, 10 May 2005 23:04:05 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-744 LOL, yes, the secret thought police in black suits. Borders, the center of all evil in the universe. :) LOL, yes, the secret thought police in black suits. Borders, the center of all evil in the universe. :)

]]> By: LTR http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-740 LTR Tue, 10 May 2005 20:57:27 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-740 I think it was the secret thought police from Borders wondering why you haven't phoned in for their survey and coupon yet. I think it was the secret thought police from Borders wondering why you haven’t phoned in for their survey and coupon yet.

]]> By: Occult Investigator http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Occult Investigator Tue, 10 May 2005 19:25:26 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-733 yeah thats what i was more worried about... so what does that mean? do i have to do anything? is there anything i can do? yeah thats what i was more worried about… so what does that mean? do i have to do anything? is there anything i can do?

]]> By: Thomas Conlon http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Thomas Conlon Tue, 10 May 2005 19:13:17 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-731 OH REALLY. Telnet in on port 80 and issue commands on your website, that will identify your web server and version, usually. Quite convenient to plan an attack. telnet timboucher.com 80 Type "head" 501 Method Not Implemented Method Not Implemented hed to /in dex.html not supported. Apache/2.0.50 (Fedora) Server at www.timboucher.com Port 80 Connection to host lost. Now I know what type of server you are using. LINUX, eh? PS 1514 EDT 10 MAY 05 connection from aol, that was me. OH REALLY. Telnet in on port 80 and issue commands on your website, that will identify your web server and version, usually. Quite convenient to plan an attack.

telnet timboucher.com 80

Type “head”

501 Method
Not Implemented

Method Not Implemented
hed to /in
dex.html not supported.

Apache/2.0.50 (Fedora) Server at
http://www.timboucher.com Port 80

Connection to host lost.

Now I know what type of server you are using.

LINUX, eh?

PS 1514 EDT 10 MAY 05 connection from aol, that was me.

]]> By: Darkshadow http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-728 Darkshadow Tue, 10 May 2005 17:14:37 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-728 Yep yep, just confirming that. Port 80 is the default HTTP port. Why somebody went and purposefully put it there, I dunno. 'Course, it could have just been some software that did it behind someone's back, as well. Hard to tell. Definitely not a security risk, though. Yep yep, just confirming that. Port 80 is the default HTTP port. Why somebody went and purposefully put it there, I dunno. ‘Course, it could have just been some software that did it behind someone’s back, as well. Hard to tell.

Definitely not a security risk, though.

]]> By: Occult Investigator http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Occult Investigator Tue, 10 May 2005 15:59:10 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-724 cool thats what i thought. just wanted to double check cool thats what i thought. just wanted to double check

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Jonathan Tue, 10 May 2005 15:55:51 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/05/10/weird-url-request/#comment-723 Yeah, it's a port number. Port 80 is the default port for HTTP, so http://www.timboucher.com:80/ is the same as http://www.timboucher.com. As for why it showed up that way in your logs in this particular case, it takes somebody more knowledgable than I, but I don't think there's anything to worry about. Yeah, it’s a port number. Port 80 is the default port for HTTP, so http://www.timboucher.com:80/ is the same as http://www.timboucher.com. As for why it showed up that way in your logs in this particular case, it takes somebody more knowledgable than I, but I don’t think there’s anything to worry about.

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