I'm finding log entries a few times a month on several web sites which are are not related - find it strange. They stand out because of the weird string 62.31.103.148 27 1 40.0 KB United Kingdom XXXX:+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Seems to be part of blueyonder.co.uk Just wondering why the entries appear like this instead of a meaningfull name
Look at the end of the log line. If you see what appears to be some garbage characters or encoded characters, then it's a buffer overrun attempt. J.D.
Nothing extra, but I looked at another one, and it's a different IP address - so maybe that's what's happening 195.93.21.72 - - [14/Feb/2005:10:20:40 -0700] "GET /$$$$$$$$$$$$ HTTP/1.0" 200 18337 "XXXX:+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; AOL 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)" (I added $$$$$$$$$$$$ to hide my URL)
Oh, then it's probably some client software that blocks referrers. I think NAV will do this, but I may be wrong. J.D.