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[nycphp-talk] Web Traffic Analytics

csnyder chsnyder at gmail.com
Tue Jul 19 12:58:48 EDT 2005


On 7/19/05, Jeff Knight <jeff.knight at gmail.com> wrote:
> I see attemts to hit awstats as the number one suspicious activity in
> my error logs for the last six months. I really like the program, but
> please make sure to patch it and read all the information about
> securiing it. Also, rename it and stick it in an odd-named directory
> just to add that extra layer of obscurity.

Or put a password on it. 

It's a nice gesture to have publicly available stats, but it also
invites trouble from people who want to monkey with referrer strings
and the like.



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