When script kiddies don’t get absolute URLs

Internet

Some Java script kiddie has been having fun trying to download my site. Problem is, he or she doesn’t realise my bookmark links aren’t relative:

86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:03 +1000] "GET /https://centos.org HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:04 +1000] "GET /https://debian.org HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:04 +1000] "GET /https://freebsd.org HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:05 +1000] "GET /https://medibank.com HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:06 +1000] "GET /https://slashdot.org HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:06 +1000] "GET /https://soylentnews.org HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:07 +1000] "GET /https://www.libreoffice.org HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:07 +1000] "GET /https://facebook.com/ruben.schade HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:08 +1000] "GET /https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:09 +1000] "GET /https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-8.0-doc HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:09 +1000] "GET /https://twitter.com/Rubenerd HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:10 +1000] "GET /https://alpha.app.net/Rubens HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:11 +1000] "GET /https://alpha.app.net/kiri HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:11 +1000] "GET /https://developer.apple.com/membercenter HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:12 +1000] "GET /https://facebook.com/kirishimaayama HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:12 +1000] "GET /https://friendfeed.com/rubenerd HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:13 +1000] "GET /https://github.com/orionvm HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:14 +1000] "GET /https://smilesoftware.com/TextExpander HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:14 +1000] "GET /https://twitter.com/MisterSnrub HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:15 +1000] "GET /https://twitter.com/RainerSays HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:15 +1000] "GET /https://twitter.com/RubenSchade HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:16 +1000] "GET /https://twitter.com/Rubenerd_Blog HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:17 +1000] "GET /https://twitter.com/TaleOfAlanADale HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:17 +1000] "GET /https://twitter.com/elkeee HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45"
86.[redacted] - - [04/Jun/2014:14:57:18 +1000] "GET /https://twitter.com/hanezawakirika HTTP/1.1" 404 162 "-" "Java/1.7.0_45

I have a bog pit/honeypot cloud instance that I redirect obvious spam and attacks to. In this case though, I’m almost willing to make an exception, if only for the entertainment value of knowing someone out there just got a whole lot of empty 404 files in their Java application.

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