Re: [Summary-Talk] Failed requests report

[Jason Linhart <jason@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff Whitmill wrote:
> I'm finding a huge amount of failed requests for files we don't have
> anywhere on one of our client's sites
> 
> /favicon.ico is the big winner there. We don't have a favicon for the
> particular client, so we get a ton of errors there. Can we filter them
> out?

You can always filter them out, "Requests/files to ignore" on the
filtering configuration page.

However, /favicon.ico is really something that you want to have. See:
<http://www.favicon.com/>
<http://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/favicon.shtml>
<http://www.google.com/search?q=/favicon.ico>

>      /myfolder01/images/spacer.gif

I have no idea what these might be. Check the Problems : Explanations
report to see what Summary knows about them.

>      /_vti_bin/owssvr.dll
>      /msoffice/cltreq.asp

These are common, everyone gets them. These are caused by worms trying
to infect your system using vulnerabilities from old versions of
Windows. It doesn't matter that your server is safe, they will keep
trying all IP addresses forever.

> Help me in my ignorance - why are we seeing these counted as errors
> when they appear nowhere on our site

If someone requests something that doesn't exist at your site they will
get an error. That is by far the most common cause of errors.

Jason

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