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Ya know I don't so much mind that

2025-07-02 02:10:02.417742+02 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

Ya know, I don't so much mind that there are thousands of requests for non-existent .php files in my blog web server logs, it's that they come from so many different IP addresses.

Honestly, people, either I have an unsecured wp-login.php or I don't, and the first person who gets there is gonna patch the hole. It's wasted effort.

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#Comment Re: Ya know I don't so much mind that made: 2025-07-05 14:53:56.610052+02 by: Definitely Not a Bot

I always rename phpmyadmin.

#Comment Re: Ya know I don't so much mind that made: 2025-07-07 17:25:14.783261+02 by: Dan Lyke

At some point I have vague memories of one of those script addresses just doing an ipfw deny all from ..., but that infrastructure doesn't seem to be in place these days, so it may have just been an "oh, probably a good idea if I...", and then not getting around to it.

#Comment Re: Ya know I don't so much mind that made: 2025-07-08 06:10:18.277415+02 by: spc476

I found out the hard way that Linux has a limit on the number of rules in an iptables chain.

#Comment Re: Ya know I don't so much mind that made: 2025-07-08 06:10:18.277415+02 by: Dan Lyke

Good to know. Damn...

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