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John
Asked: 2013-05-10 12:47:59 +0800 CST

client 157.56.229.87 attempt to invoke directory as script: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

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Ok, so i frequently check my logs and see an array of errors logs from people "scoping the joint" but today i noticed a new one:

[client 157.56.229.87] attempt to invoke directory as script: /usr/lib/cgi-bin/

This IP range had actually caused this error log a few times now but i cannot find out what it means..

I am assuming this is a hack attempt but does anyone know what they are trying to do and how to protect against it?

Thanks,

John

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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    The error output you're seeing is typically related to the configuration you see here:

    http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/DirectoryAsScript

    In this particular case, I don't think you have anything to worry about it - it looks like you have a directory aliased in the config, and the IP you provided is actually the MSN/Bing crawler, presumably crawling your site, and eventually hitting that aliased directory (worst case, you can robots.txt it out of that directory to prevent future errors).

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