Weird URL /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/

  • Resolved mountainguy2

    (@mountainguy2)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    Hi, IQblock is showing some of its blocked requests are trying to go to URL /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ just slashes and dashes

    I’m concerned as requests for this URL should stop before getting to WordPress, before taking up resources.

    For example, if I browse to http://www.mywebsite/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ I get a server error message. So bots from blocked countries trying for URL /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ should just get an error and not even proceed to my WordPress install, correct?

    Confused. Thanks for any insights.

    MTN

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/iq-block-country/

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  • Plugin Author Pascal

    (@iqpascal)

    8 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,

    Pretty much all requests will be handled by Wprdress. Unless there is an actual file or directory present on the filesystem that takes precedence before WordPress.

    Usually this unknown urls should result in a Page not found page of your wordpress site.

    Thread Starter mountainguy2

    (@mountainguy2)

    8 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks Pascal, so what you’re saying is that IF the request comes from a blocked country WordPress is going to catch it first and block it. Then show the weird URL in the IQblock log?

    If the request comes from an unblocked country, then the request results in a Page Not Found error?

    Any idea why bots would browse to /-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/ ?

    I get quite a few of these, shouldn’t I just block in .htaccess?

    Thanks.

    MTN

    Plugin Author Pascal

    (@iqpascal)

    8 years, 6 months ago

    Hi,

    Correct. As long as you have frontend blocking on of course 🙂 Otherwise it will ignore the request.

    If the country is not blocked (or frontend blocking is not on) then it will default go to a 404 page not found page. Ofcourse all depending on your specific wordpress installation with plugins and themes.

    There are just a lot of bots hanging around and scanning every website url for known software insecurities that they can exploit. I see many scans in my logfiles for software that is not even installed.

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