[ale] stupid question to the apache experts

[greg at turnstep.com]

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> 202.109.96.131 - - [22/Aug/2001:07:20:37 -0400] "GET
> http://www.spedia.net/ HTTP/1.1" 200 717 "-" "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;
> MSIE 4.01; Windows 98)"

It just means that someone tried to get at a spedia.net file 
on your machine - why they did this is beyond me, but 
Apache acted normally enough for a HTTP/1.1 request. 
Here is how you can duplicate it:

> telnet localhost 80

Then type: GET http://www.spedia.net/ HTTP/1.1

Hit Enter, then type: HOST: www.spedia.net

Hit Enter twice, then use ctrl-] and close the telnet session. 
Voila! You should have a 200 entry in your access_log 
and nothing at all in your error_log. 

Why that person thought that www.spedia.net was 
located on your server is beyond me - perhaps their 
DNS is corrupt? Perhaps it used to point there, 
and they have not received the change? The IP itself 
is from somewhere in Asia, so who knows.

I'd be interested if anyone can shed some light or 
has some guesses...

Greg Sabino Mullane
greg at turnstep.com
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