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Date:      Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:01:42 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: web server attack
Message-ID:  <44358FC6.3050000@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEECHEAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <MIEPLLIBMLEEABPDBIEGAEECHEAA.fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com>

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fbsd_user wrote:
[ ... ]
> 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.

Make sure you don't have mod_proxy enabled in Apache....

> 218-166-163-180.dynamic.hinet.net - - [06/Apr/2006:10:11:25 -0400]
> "\x04\x01" 200 0 "-" "-"
> 218-166-163-180.dynamic.hinet.net - - [06/Apr/2006:10:11:45 -0400]
> "\x05\x01" 200 0 "-" "-"
> 218-166-163-180.dynamic.hinet.net - - [06/Apr/2006:10:11:45 -0400]
> "CONNECT 4.79.181.15:25 HTTP/1.1" 200 7014 "-" "-"
> 218-166-163-180.dynamic.hinet.net - - [06/Apr/2006:10:11:46 -0400]
> "GET http://www.ebay.com/ HTTP/1.1" 200 7014 "-" "Mozilla/4.0
> (compatible; MSIE 5.00; Windows 98)"

-- 
-Chuck



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