internal dummy connection

[wilderness]

Anybody ever see anything like this from their host?

"OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 - "-" "Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.7e mod_auth_pgsql/2.0.3 (internal dummy connection)"

These started about a month ago (assuming an Apache update) and take place many times throughout each day.
Usually single requests, however there are times when there are successive requests.

Today. . .43-consecutive requests within the same second.

TIA.

[Caterham]

Nothing to worry about, the connections are a part of every MPM using POD (pipe of death).

[wilderness]

Many thanks.

Host said the same thing, however not having seen these in the previous eighteen months with same host, with a sudden appearance makes me wonder.

[Caterham]

They aren't logged in versions < 2.1. Or, your host switched the MPM, e.g. from worker (no pipe of death) to prefork.