Re: What is this request looking for?

Yehuda Katz <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:42:11 -0500
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HTTP 408 means the client opened a connection but didn't send a request.
This could be caused by anything from a misconfigured or buggy program on
the client side, to a malicious actor trying to overwhelm your server with
fake connections.

- Y

Sent from a device with a very small keyboard and hyperactive autocorrect.

On Fri, Feb 6, 2026, 3:18=E2=80=AFPM Knute Johnson <[email protected]=
> wrote:

>  From my access.log
>
> 181.215.169.144 - - [06/Feb/2026:20:10:38 +0000] "-" 408 7240 "-" "-"
> 194.180.179.107 - - [06/Feb/2026:20:10:47 +0000] "-" 408 7240 "-" "-"
> 194.180.179.107 - - [06/Feb/2026:20:10:47 +0000] "-" 408 7240 "-" "-"
> 194.180.179.107 - - [06/Feb/2026:20:10:47 +0000] "-" 408 7240 "-" "-"
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<div dir=3D"auto"><div><div>HTTP 408 means the client opened a connection b=
ut didn&#39;t send a request. This could be caused by anything from a misco=
nfigured or buggy program on the client side, to a malicious actor trying t=
o overwhelm your server with fake connections.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"auto"=
><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">- Y</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail=3D=
"gmail_signature">Sent from a device with a very small keyboard and hyperac=
tive autocorrect.</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"=
><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 6, 2026, 3:18=E2=80=AFPM=
 Knute Johnson &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">groups@knutej=
ohnson.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding=
-left:1ex">=C2=A0From my access.log<br>
<br>
181.215.169.144 - - [06/Feb/2026:20:10:38 +0000] &quot;-&quot; 408 7240 &qu=
ot;-&quot; &quot;-&quot;<br>
194.180.179.107 - - [06/Feb/2026:20:10:47 +0000] &quot;-&quot; 408 7240 &qu=
ot;-&quot; &quot;-&quot;<br>
194.180.179.107 - - [06/Feb/2026:20:10:47 +0000] &quot;-&quot; 408 7240 &qu=
ot;-&quot; &quot;-&quot;<br>
194.180.179.107 - - [06/Feb/2026:20:10:47 +0000] &quot;-&quot; 408 7240 &qu=
ot;-&quot; &quot;-&quot;<br>
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