This is a new one

Client Joined: Apr 10, 2004 Posts: 649 Location: UK

Not had one of these before

Quote:

Date & Time: 2004-10-07 19:04:57
Blocked IP: 196.13.151.3
User ID: Anonymous (1)
Reason: Abuse-Harvest
String Match: disco
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User Agent: Microsoft Data Access Internet Publishing Provider Protocol Discovery
Query String: www.******.***/nuke/html
/modules.php?name=Your_Account%26op=activate%26username=Pringle%26check_num=5982c9e58766b0be5a72c518b33609be
Forwarded For: none
Client IP: none
Remote Address: 196.13.151.3
Remote Port: 16616
Request Method: OPTIONS
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Who-Is for IP
OrgName: UNINET Project
OrgID: UNIN
Address: Tertiary Education Network
Address: 46 Rouwkoop Road
Address: Rondebosch
City: Cape Town
StateProv: Western Province
PostalCode: 7700
Country: ZA

NetRange: 196.13.0.0 - 196.13.255.255
CIDR: 196.13.0.0/16
NetName: UNINET-C7
NetHandle: NET-196-13-0-0-1
Parent: NET-196-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: DISA.TENET.AC.ZA
NameServer: UCTHPX.UCT.AC.ZA
NameServer: RAIN.PSG.COM
NameServer: APOLLO.IS.CO.ZA
Comment:
RegDate: 1994-06-13
Updated: 2001-12-06

TechHandle: DM1581-ARIN
TechName: Martin, Duncan
TechPhone: +27 +21 659 7140
TechEmail: ceo@tenet.ac.za

OrgTechHandle: TPT4-ARIN
OrgTechName: Tech POC - TENET
OrgTechPhone: +27 (0)21 659 7145
OrgTechEmail: OrgTechPOC@tenet.ac.za

OrgTechHandle: DULLA-ARIN
OrgTechName: Dullaart, Franz
OrgTechPhone: +27 +21 659 7140
OrgTechEmail: eosap@tenet.ac.za

Request Method: Options

What's all that about then?

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

This is what got trapped:
Reason: Abuse-Harvest
String Match: disco

That's well documented in the forums Wink

Options asks the server to indicate the options it supports for the indicated resource, i.e., your site.