Getting lots of funny 404s in access-log, like "fphover"

[jack ganssle]

We're using Frontpage on a Linux server which has FP extensions
installed. Every month the access-log has thousands of 404 errors of
the following types:

GET /fphoverBeanInfo.class HTTP/1.1
GET /fphover/class.class HTTP/1.1
GET /fphover$COMClassObject.class HTTP/1.1
GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1
GET /default.class HTTP/1.0

We do use hover buttons, which sounds related to the first 3 types.

The pages seem to serve up OK, but I'm baffled by these. Anyone know
what they are, if they're important, and what the fix might be?

Thanks much,
Jack

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Just a guest, but maybe the first 3 is because users don't have a Java
Virtual Machine installed.

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[Kevin Spencer]

Not having a JVM would not cause a 404 error, as the server would have no
way of knowing whether the client had the JVM installed, but would only
respond to a request for the applet. I would suspect that the 404 errors
indicate that the Java classes and other items are not in the locations
referenced. A quick way to tell would be to look at the URLs in the log and
see where the actual objects are.

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[Steve Easton]

Kevin,
I get the same errors in my server logs.
I think it's people "fishing" for class files
and such.

I just ignore them.

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[Kevin Spencer]

Well, like I said, it's not difficult to find.

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