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#14743 Multiple request 'accept header missing' same IP

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Latest post by nicholas on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 03:49 CST

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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Joomla! version: 2.5.8
PHP version: 5.3.3
MySQL version: 5.0.95
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Admin Tools version: 2.4.4

Description of my issue:

Dear Sir, Mrs, since three days I get multiple requests for the same page from the same IP address.

This happens 30 or 40 times at the same instance.

I get a security exception:

IP Address: 75.98.131.173 (IP Lookup: http://ip-lookup.net/index.php?ip=75.98.131.173)
Reason: Bad Behaviour (Required header 'Accept' missing)

IP Address: 75.98.137.193 (IP Lookup: http://ip-lookup.net/index.php?ip=75.98.137.193)
Reason: Bad Behaviour (Required header 'Accept' missing)

IP Address: 38.229.70.44 (IP Lookup: http://ip-lookup.net/index.php?ip=38.229.70.44)
Reason: Bad Behaviour (Required header 'Accept' missing)

I do not think this is sincere web request, I have the feeling it is a malicious attempt of some kind.
Is there something that can be done about it?

Kind regards,

Ronald

nicholas
Akeeba Staff
Manager

Hello Ronald,

You don't have to do anything about it. Admin Tools blocks those requests. If you want to block malicious IPs automatically you can always use the automatic IP ban feature of Admin Tools.

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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