Odd entries in my log

Image files in ALL CAPS

[CernyM]

I found a weird set of hits out of Canada in my log files today.

For static .GIF and .JPG images, the requester was putting everything into uppercase.

So, instead of correctly requesting "/images/see-larger.gif" they would request "/IMAGES/SEE-LARGER.GIF" and receive 404 errors.

Otherwise it looked like some sort of spider as it tried to access every page on the site.

Has anyone seen this sort of oddity before?

[Edouard_H]

It was a while ago, but yes I've seen that before. As I recall these visits were also associated with requests for /mod_ssl:error:HTTP-request Continued to return from time to time despite 403s requesting only one particular image in allcaps.

[Leosghost]

you may be looking at black widow being very inexpertly implemented ..if you are in "adult" you can expect lots of this