RE: [squid-users] Outgoing http request?

To me it looks like you are running an open proxy and have many random
users over the Internet using your proxy..

Check your http_access rules. Firewalling the Squid port is also a good
idea to avoid having uninvited users using the service..

Regards
Henrik

ons 2003-01-29 klockan 15.36 skrev Devon Harding - GTHLA:
> Well looking at my access.log, I noticed that squid is accessing websites
> that no users have requested. I have not allowed any users to access the
> cache. These requests are coming from squid itself. I think its some kind
> of worm or virus that has affected squid.
>
> 61.21.247.37 - - [29/Jan/2003:11:36:22 -0500] "GET
> http://home.hanmir.com/%7Eueookjtsou/report/report0635.gif HTTP/1.0" 504
> 1069 TCP_MISS:NONE
> 219.106.192.133 - - [29/Jan/2003:11:36:26 -0500] "GET
> http://home.hanmir.com/~mrtu82bv3/ss2_0744.jpg HTTP/1.0" 504 1045
> TCP_MISS:NONE
> 67.85.244.205 - - [29/Jan/2003:11:36:38 -0500] "POST
> http://www.sparkfind.com/cgi-bin/search/smartsearch.cgi HTTP/1.0" 504 1063
> TCP_MISS:NONE
> 219.98.86.182 - - [29/Jan/2003:11:36:42 -0500] "GET
> http://www.directpornstar.com/dmay/n1/WWL01_1051.gif HTTP/1.0" 504 1057
> TCP_MISS:NONE
> 219.181.160.56 - - [29/Jan/2003:11:36:46 -0500] "GET
> http://home.hanmir.com/%7Eyabwweo487/egg0412.jpg HTTP/1.0" 504 1049
> TCP_MISS:NONE
> 200.198.194.146 - - [29/Jan/2003:11:36:52 -0500] "GET
> http://www.topmoxie.com/external/builds/common/equivalent_domains.htm
> HTTP/1.0" 504 1096 TCP_MISS:NONE
> 218.222.245.221 - - [29/Jan/2003:11:37:10 -0500] "GET
> http://210.138.105.147/0616/anime66/anime6601-23.zip HTTP/1.1" 504 1057
> TCP_MISS:NONE
> 165.76.120.115 - - [29/Jan/2003:11:37:40 -0500] "GET
> http://home.hanmir.com/~roninman/bijin0289.jpg HTTP/1.0" 504 1045
> TCP_MISS:NONE
>
> -Devon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@squid-cache.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 9:23 PM
> To: Devon Harding - GTHLA
> Cc: 'squid-users@squid-cache.org'; 'redhat-list@redhat.com'
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Outgoing http request?
>
> ???
>
> Squid is not a web server. Squid is a proxy. If you have users using the
> Squid proxy then each request sent by these users to the proxy will
> result in a HTTP request sent by Squid.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
> Devon Harding - GTHLA wrote:
> >
> > I noticed in my log, I have out going http request from my squid web
> > servers.
> >
> > No one is on this machine, how are these requests being initiated? Is this
> a
> > hack attempt?
> >
> > System is rhl7.3
> >
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> > System Administrator
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-- 
Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>
MARA Systems AB, Sweden