Re: Attempted zip download blocks future requests to domain

I took a look at the logs -- as far as I can tell, the log does not register
ANY attempts to get those files, not even the initial attempts.

"Wayne McGlinn" <wayne@removeme.murrumba.net> wrote in message
news:43efd1ee@quokka.wn.com.au...
>
> "Steve Claflin" <steve@steveclaflin.com> wrote in message
> news:I4KHf.2330$Lr.1256@trnddc01...
>>I have experienced a strange problem. I have a zip file on my web site
>>that I sometimes download at client locations. Recently, attempts to
>>download it have timed out, and then any future attempts to view any page
>>on my site, or any page for other sites hosted at the same IP address,
>>have gotten a "page not found" error page (not only on the machine where I
>>attempted the download, but on other machines at the same location).
>>
>> Is this likely to be due to a bit pattern that matches a virus signature?
>> And somehow the server is "blacklisting" that IP address?
>>
> Check the webserver logs and see what they say about the connection
> attempts from those IP addresses.
>
> Wayne McGlinn
> Brisbane, Oz
>
Received on Mon May 1 00:50:45 2006