Hows this possible ? Referrer doesn't exist.
I'm seeing a few 404 errors in my apache logs, but I've no idea how or why.
The referrer was an old domain of mine, which has been shutdown a while, so no longer exists, so I know that 'myold-domain.co.uk' isn't sending the referral. The account was suspended, no files exist. It does however, have a 301 at registrar level pointing it to 'livedomain.co.uk'
[Tue Apr 18 20:58:35 2017] [error] [client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx] File does not exist: /home/livedomain/public_html/al277.php, referer: www.myold-domian.co.uk The referrer was an old domain of mine, which has been shutdown a while, so no longer exists, so I know that 'myold-domain.co.uk' isn't sending the referral. The account was suspended, no files exist. It does however, have a 301 at registrar level pointing it to 'livedomain.co.uk'
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Hello, Does an entry for the domain name exist in your Apache configuration file? If so, it's possible for someone to manually setup a DNS entry on their local computer to ensure a domain name resolves to a specific IP address: How to Modify your hosts File - cPanel Knowledge Base - cPanel Documentation That might explain how someone accessed your domain name even though it's been terminated. Thank you. 0 -
I don't see anything in the hosts file or httpd.conf. Could it be possible that they somehow used a url along the lines: www.old-domain.com/xxx.php Which (because of the 301) resolves to www.live-domain.com, although i'm unable to recreate this myself. 0 -
New I don't see anything in the hosts file or httpd.conf.
Hello, It'd be the hosts file on their own computer, not the server. Thank you.0
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