Apache error_log growing at >1MB per hour due to openid errors

  • Hi,

    I’m getting the following error in my Apache error_log at a rate that is growing my error_log at around 1MB/hour. Previously my error_log would be <1KB/day.

    [Tue Dec 09 01:10:05 2008] [error] [client 201.6.3.241]  in /wp-content/plugins/openid/Auth/Yadis/XML.php :149, ref
erer: /2007/08/25/post_name/
[Tue Dec 09 01:10:05 2008] [error] [client 201.6.3.241] [OpenID] Library Error 2: domxml_open_mem() [<a href='function.domxml-open-mem'>functio
n.domxml-open-mem</a>]: Entity 'nbsp' not defined, referer: /2007/08/25/post_name/

    I’m not sure if this is an error or an attempt to exploit the openid plugin. The IP addresses 201.6.3.241 and 212.116.219.81 appear to be responsible for the vast majority of the error_log entries from today.

    In the meantime I’m going to have to search for a plugin that will allow me to throttle these types of requests. Any recommendations?

    Thanks,

    Jeff

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  • Ahh… the plugin was ignoring these kinds of XML errors from PHP5, but not when using PHP4. I’ve corrected this in trunk, so it will be in the next release (3.1.5).

    Thread Starter jivany

    (@jivany)

    Is there anything to be concerned about with the large number of errors coming from the same IPs?

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