408 error messages

[jbashir]

I have seen quite number entries for the following messages in the access log file. Can someone tell whats causing it to be written to log file and what can be done to over come this. Also when we have those entries in the log, apache is not accessible from outside though its accessible from inside. Any suggestions/recommendations are appreciated.

[09/Sep/2005:14:08:54 -0400] "-" 408 - "-" "-" "-"

[Span]

408 - Request Timeout
A 408 status code means that the client did not produce a request quickly enough. A server is set to only wait a certain amount of time for responses from clients, and a 408 status code indicates that time has passed.

No experience with this whatsoever, but I would look into the TimeOut [httpd.apache.org] and KeepAliveTimeout [httpd.apache.org] directives in your server config.