Re: What kind of request is this?

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2002

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texte = Howard,Thanks for all the info and taking the time to explain the process and what's going on in terms that even I can almost understand. I'll take your good advice and do nothing.Thanks again, much appreciated.On Wednesday, September 4, 2002, at 09:30 AM, howard@wolosky.com wrote:> Okay, so now i think i may have jumped the gun:> http://www.xav.com/scripts/guardian/help/1022.html>> /MSOffice/cltreq.asp> /_vti_bin/owssvr.dll>> Friendly. You're being visited by a user who has installed Microsoft > Office and Internet Explorer, and who has enabled the Discuss toolbar > in his browser. When that toolbar is enabled, the browser will > automatically query for these two files when visiting each site, to > determine whether the Office Server Extensions are installed.>> Recommendation: do nothing. Allow the 404 errors to happen. To cut down > on error reports, you may disable Guardian notification by using a > custom filter rule with the ignore: 1 action.>> If you are on a Windows server, you can install Office Server > Extensions (available in Office 2000) and then the /MSOffice/cltreq.asp > path will contain a valid file, allowing visitors to discuss content. > Wouldn't that be neat.>> /_vti_bin/> /_vti_inf.html>> Unknown. Front Page authors connect to executables within the > /_vti_bin/ folder. Microsoft Office applications will often make test > requests to /_vti_inf.html.>> These requests could be due to hostile probing, but they are more > likely due to legitimate users. The requests would be made if somebody > viewed your web pages within Front Page or an Office document. > Initiating counter-strikes based on these vague patterns will probably > light up some friendlies.>> Recommendation: do nothing. Allow the 404 errors to happen. You may > disable email-error notification by Guardian by using a custom filter > rule with the ignore: 1 action.>> If anyone else has input, please feel free....>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/>>Signed: Marc KaiwiSan Diego Motorcycle Club: http://www.sdmotorcycleclub.com-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

P.S.: What kind of request is this? (Marc Kaiwi 2002)
Re: What kind of request is this? (Marc Kaiwi 2002)
Re: What kind of request is this? (howard@wolosky.com 2002)
Re: What kind of request is this? (Marc Kaiwi 2002)
Re: What kind of request is this? (howard@wolosky.com 2002)
What kind of request is this? (Marc Kaiwi 2002)

Howard,Thanks for all the info and taking the time to explain the process and what's going on in terms that even I can almost understand. I'll take your good advice and do nothing.Thanks again, much appreciated.On Wednesday, September 4, 2002, at 09:30 AM, howard@wolosky.com wrote:> Okay, so now i think i may have jumped the gun:> http://www.xav.com/scripts/guardian/help/1022.html>> /MSOffice/cltreq.asp> /_vti_bin/owssvr.dll>> Friendly. You're being visited by a user who has installed Microsoft > Office and Internet Explorer, and who has enabled the Discuss toolbar > in his browser. When that toolbar is enabled, the browser will > automatically query for these two files when visiting each site, to > determine whether the Office Server Extensions are installed.>> Recommendation: do nothing. Allow the 404 errors to happen. To cut down > on error reports, you may disable Guardian notification by using a > custom filter rule with the ignore: 1 action.>> If you are on a Windows server, you can install Office Server > Extensions (available in Office 2000) and then the /MSOffice/cltreq.asp > path will contain a valid file, allowing visitors to discuss content. > Wouldn't that be neat.>> /_vti_bin/> /_vti_inf.html>> Unknown. Front Page authors connect to executables within the > /_vti_bin/ folder. Microsoft Office applications will often make test > requests to /_vti_inf.html.>> These requests could be due to hostile probing, but they are more > likely due to legitimate users. The requests would be made if somebody > viewed your web pages within Front Page or an Office document. > Initiating counter-strikes based on these vague patterns will probably > light up some friendlies.>> Recommendation: do nothing. Allow the 404 errors to happen. You may > disable email-error notification by Guardian by using a custom filter > rule with the ignore: 1 action.>> If anyone else has input, please feel free....>> -------------------------------------------------------------> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/>>Signed: Marc KaiwiSan Diego Motorcycle Club: http://www.sdmotorcycleclub.com-------------------------------------------------------------This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Marc Kaiwi

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