Apache Error: client denied by server configuration
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 8:03 pm
Hi all,
I launched a new site for a client recently, and they have resonably high traffic as it is an asian radio station.
I've getting these errors in the error log:
Strange thing is they don't happen with every user, but do appear in the logs in batches about once maybe twice a day. Site is getting an average of 3-4k visits per month, at about 100-250 a day depending world wide.
These two php pages, being asset.playing.php and asset.onair.php are part of an AJAX script that runs on every page, and calls these php pages every 6 seconds (just changed it to 30 seconds).
I can't figure out what is causing this, and I've checked my htaccess files and there is nothing to do with that folder (assets) in the htaccess or mod_rewrite.
To throw another spanner in the works, today I got an email from the server saying:-
And it hasn't done that before. So at this point I'm not sure if it was a genuine attack, or something up with the users browser, or a coding issue even though not every user experiences it, and I've had no complaints yet.
Help?
I launched a new site for a client recently, and they have resonably high traffic as it is an asian radio station.
I've getting these errors in the error log:
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[Wed Aug 03 22:15:04 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.playing.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/
[Wed Aug 03 22:15:06 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.onair.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/listen-live/
[Wed Aug 03 22:15:12 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.playing.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/listen-live/
[Wed Aug 03 22:15:18 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.playing.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/listen-live/
[Wed Aug 03 22:15:28 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.onair.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/
[Wed Aug 03 22:15:34 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.onair.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/
[Wed Aug 03 22:15:42 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.onair.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/listen-live/
[Wed Aug 03 22:15:48 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.onair.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/listen-live/
[Wed Aug 03 22:15:58 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.onair.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/
[Wed Aug 03 22:16:04 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.onair.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/
[Wed Aug 03 22:16:18 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.onair.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/listen-live/
[Wed Aug 03 22:16:24 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.playing.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/listen-live/
[Wed Aug 03 22:16:40 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.playing.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/
[Wed Aug 03 22:16:46 2011] [error] [client 86.166.2.237] client denied by server configuration: /var/www/vhosts/unity101.org/httpdocs/assets/asset.playing.php, referer: http://www.unity101.org/
These two php pages, being asset.playing.php and asset.onair.php are part of an AJAX script that runs on every page, and calls these php pages every 6 seconds (just changed it to 30 seconds).
I can't figure out what is causing this, and I've checked my htaccess files and there is nothing to do with that folder (assets) in the htaccess or mod_rewrite.
To throw another spanner in the works, today I got an email from the server saying:-
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mod_evasive[27348]: Blacklisting address 86.166.2.237: possible DoS attack.
Help?