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thousands of entries in Apache access logs for a single IP

nskyrca
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We are seeing thousands of connections in our Apache access logs coming from the same IP address connecting to the same pages with in a short period of time (~5-20 minutes). We see this in Firefox 27, 28, 29, and 30. Below is an example of the entries, and how they loop continuously. I have not been able to reproduce the problem manually, but this happens several times a week, and I see evidence in our logs, and by monitoring the session count in our database, which increase when this happens.

Why is this happening? Is this a bug? I see a bug report filed at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=976878, but I do not see any replies.

xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/login?new_loc=%2Fwebapps%2Fportal%2Fframeset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 302 - "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/login/?new_loc=%2Fwebapps%2Fportal%2Fframeset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 200 1000 "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/portal/frameset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 200 1160 "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/login?new_loc=%2Fwebapps%2Fportal%2Fframeset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 302 - "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/login/?new_loc=%2Fwebapps%2Fportal%2Fframeset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 200 1000 "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/portal/frameset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 200 1160 "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-"

We are seeing thousands of connections in our Apache access logs coming from the same IP address connecting to the same pages with in a short period of time (~5-20 minutes). We see this in Firefox 27, 28, 29, and 30. Below is an example of the entries, and how they loop continuously. I have not been able to reproduce the problem manually, but this happens several times a week, and I see evidence in our logs, and by monitoring the session count in our database, which increase when this happens. Why is this happening? Is this a bug? I see a bug report filed at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=976878, but I do not see any replies. xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/login?new_loc=%2Fwebapps%2Fportal%2Fframeset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 302 - "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/login/?new_loc=%2Fwebapps%2Fportal%2Fframeset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 200 1000 "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/portal/frameset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 200 1160 "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/login?new_loc=%2Fwebapps%2Fportal%2Fframeset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 302 - "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/login/?new_loc=%2Fwebapps%2Fportal%2Fframeset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 200 1000 "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-" xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [18/Jun/2014:16:03:50 -0400] "GET /webapps/portal/frameset.jsp HTTP/1.1" 200 1160 "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0" "-"

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the-edmeister
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Sorry, beyond the scope of this Firefox user support forum.

You could try posting to the Web Development / Standards Evangelism forum at MozillaZine. The helpers over there are more knowledgeable about web site issues with Firefox. http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewforum.php?f=25 You'll need to register and login to be able to post in that forum.

Or you could add information to that Bug report or create a new Bug report.

Or the appropriate Google Group, linked in the right column of this page after you scroll-down a bit - http://www.mozilla.org/about/forums/