Re: [webmin-l] redirect

[Maxwell S. <cj...@yo...>]

I'll give the Apache Redirect a try.   I don't want to redirect the
robots, just the script kiddies.

Do you think its a good idea to do this or leave well enough alone.

CJ

On 08/31/2010 11:31 AM, Kris Deugau wrote:
> Maxwell Smart wrote:
>   
>> I am always getting these type of errors on my server.
>>
>>  Requests with error response codes
>>     404 Not Found
>>        //admin/config/config.inc.php?p=phpinfo();: 1 Time(s)
>>        //dbadmin/config/config.inc.php?p=phpinfo();: 1 Time(s)
>>        //myadmin/config/config.inc.php?p=phpinfo();: 1 Time(s)
>>        //mysql/config/config.inc.php?p=phpinfo();: 1 Time(s)
>>        //php-my-admin/config/config.inc.php?p=phpinfo();: 1 Time(s)
>>        //phpmyadmin/config/config.inc.php?p=phpinfo();: 1 Time(s)
>>        //pma/config/config.inc.php?p=phpinfo();: 1 Time(s)
>>     
> These are all automated requests from spam/virus bots looking for 
> obsolete (and usually insecure) versions of a variety of web-based admin 
> tools to break in to your server through, and then use your server to 
> send more junk.
>
> That said, if you really want to redirect them, and you're sure you'll 
> never need anything that uses config.inc.php, an entry in your global 
> Apache config:
>
> RedirectMatch config.inc.php /
>
> should do the trick.  In Webmin, it looks like this would be a "Regexp 
> URL redirect" (on the "Aliases and Redirects" page for a vhost).
>
> I don't see an "Aliases and Redirects" option on the global Apache 
> config tab on the Webmin I just checked;  I'm not sure if adding this in 
> the default vhost will apply globally.
>
>   
>>        /robots.txt: 4 Time(s)
>>     
> This file is usually only used by eg Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft's web 
> spiders to determine if they are allowed to follow links around your 
> site and index the content for their search clients to find.  You 
> *really* don't want to redirect this to your index page.
>
> -kgd
>
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