Invalid method in request

[GeeHost]

Hi

My apache is crashing and not restarting, in the error log, @ the end there are alot of

[Thu Feb 10 11:24:10 2005] [error] [client X.X.X.X] Invalid method in request [instert numbers and letters here]

anyone know whats going on ?

[alex2k]

I got this problem also, any fix?

[AndyReed]

It is a script exahusting resources. This script do not exit/shutdown when processing a request is completed.

[Guda]

nah its a distributed Denail of Service attack, we are experienceing it too.. installing mod_security
rejects the requests, but the connections are still made, so the MaxClients limit is still exceeded...

and hell yes its annoying...

[shashank]

Thats DOS attack. It might be on one of your sites. See if you trace it. You can also get this sorted using a piece of hardware called cisco guard temporarily specially if you have your server at theplanet/servermatrix . I am not sure if other DCs provide cisco guards.