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

Tue Oct 13 16:05:54 UTC 2020
Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net>

On Tue, 13 Oct 2020 11:48:11 -0400
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 ?

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HTTPD/InternalDummyConnection

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