Error logs show request for a noexist file.

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Error logs show request for a noexist file.

Storyman

10:44 pm on Aug 4, 2006 (gmt 0)

In the past couple of days the error log shows that there has been requests for "noexist_075233018b7e6fef.html". It always comes from the same IP address. I assume it's a good idea to block access from the specific IP address.

Does this file request have any special purpose?

[edited by: Storyman at 10:47 pm (utc) on Aug. 4, 2006]

lvkyle

11:40 pm on Aug 4, 2006 (gmt 0)

I have been getting simular errors. It seems its the google sitemap verify file its talking about, but it's named google075233018b7e6fef.html and not noexist_075233018b7e6fef.html so i dont know where the noexist part comes from.

I think its just google being weird

BertieB

7:16 pm on Aug 6, 2006 (gmt 0)

As I understand it, the noexist_ file request is Google checking that you handle 404 errors properly.

For sitemaps verification (which is rechecked on a periodic basis), Google asks for a uniquely-named file, in this case google075233018b7e6fef.html or similar and checks to see if it exists (200 status code). It then asks for a file that it knows shouldn't exist (404 status code); which it has to do since some servers will return a 200 status code in certain configurations (I'm sure I had IIS 5 do it couple years ago, and Apache will do it if you have a certain malformed .htaccess) even if a file requested doesn't exist.

Therefore, don't block it ;)

[edited by: BertieB at 7:18 pm (utc) on Aug. 6, 2006]