> Actually I should have said the cron log email! > > k... > > >Below is my cron log. Anybody know what it means? > > > >Thanks, > > > >knute... > > > >/etc/cron.daily/00webalizer: > > > >Error: Skipping oversized log record > >Error: Skipping oversized log record > >Error: Skipping oversized log record > >Error: Skipping oversized log record > >Error: Skipping oversized log record > >Error: Skipping oversized log record > >Error: Skipping oversized log record > >Error: Skipping oversized log record > >Error: Skipping oversized log record > >-- > >Knute Johnson > >Molon Labe... > > I've seen this when I set up a web server on port 80, and I got hit by a script kiddie. This looks like it's from logwatch's daily mail, and logwatch is trying to report an HTTP request that is malformed trying to crack your server. Since the request is deliberately broken....oversized to try to exploit a buffer overrun weakness, the log records get too long for webalizer to deal with. So this is all that logwatch can report. Erik > > > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > -- > Knute Johnson > Molon Labe... > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > End of fedora-list Digest, Vol 15, Issue 76 > *******************************************
