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to: echicken
from: Ragnarok
date: 2022-04-05 09:27:00
subject: Re: web server

El 4/4/22 a las 07:07, echicken escribi¢:
>    Re: web server
>    By: Utopian Galt to All on Sun Apr 03 2022 18:31:39
> 
>   UG> How do I get people to GTFO out of /sql, /phpmyadmin, /db etc?
> 
>   UG> That is the big takeaway.
> 
> The more important question is whether these requests are causing a real, measurable problem for you.
> 
> This sort of traffic comes in waves. You'll see huge surges that last for a matter of hours and then die off for weeks or months. Your logs show your web server isn't exactly being taxed; it's handling a couple of requests per second and responding with 404. No big deal.
> 
> You can play whack-a-mole with these bots and add complexity to your setup if you really want to, but you can also just do nothing and it'll be fine.
>    

It doesn't bother me that the disk fills up with 404 logs because 
logrotate exists
the worst problem is cpu usage.
those requests increase the sbbs process from 5% to 50% sometimes

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