quick answer: even paranoids have enemies On Sun, 8 May 2011, Jason wrote: > So I turned on Apache ReWrite and I created a file and I put in rules like: (just a small subset) > > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/php(.*) [NC,OR] > RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/phpmy(.*) [NC,OR] .snip > 2. I know I can simplify these rules. Wouldn't RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/php(.*) [NC,OR] get most of the attempts for thinks like /php, /php-myadmin, /phpmyadmin-2.0.8.8, etc? > > 3. Is there a better way to right these rules? I wrote about my approch some time ago ... http://orcorc.blogspot.com/2010/06/reading-logs-part-3-run-your-updates.html Send them safely off your box, and back home -- Russ herrold