[ale] tracking down a spammer on our box

[Stephen Cristol]

On Apr 2, 2005, at 9:14 PM, Jason Fritcher wrote:
> Ryan Williams wrote:
>> Any tips?
>
> If its available, the Apache status module might give you some clues 
> as to what
> it is. If you're not familiar with it, load mod_status, and then find 
> where in
> your httpd.conf file it mentions /server-status and make sure its 
> enabled. Then
> just hit the server at /server-status and it should tell you what all 
> of the
> children are doing/have done. Make sure ExtendedStatus is set to on. 
> Note, this
> will cause a performance hit, so if your server is heavily loaded, it 
> might
> cause performance issues.

Note that the "server-status" and "server-info" pages should be 
protected with appropriate access restrictions. There are known hacks 
related to their use.

S

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Stephen Cristol
cristol at emory.edu