[CentOS] ::1 in /var/log/httpd/access_log on CentOS 7

Tue Oct 13 15:57:41 UTC 2020
Kenneth Porter <shiva at sewingwitch.com>

On 10/13/2020 8:48 AM, Jerry Geis wrote:
> I see "MANY" of these
> ::1 - - [13/Oct/2020:10:46:08 -0500] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 - "-"
> "Apache/2.4.6 (CentOS) OpenSSL/1.0.2k-fips mod_fcgid/2.3.9 (internal dummy
> connection)"
>
> in the log file.   This is not me connecting as ::1 is localhost.
>
> What is this - how might I stop it ?

This might help:

https://knackforge.com/blog/sivaji/mitigating-apache-internal-dummy-connection-issue

https://serverfault.com/questions/333267/apache-internal-dummy-connections