URLDecoder: Incomplete trailing escape (%) pattern

Hi,
I created a report with a parameter having '%' as its default value. This acts as wild card in the SQL statement of the data template.
But because '%' is interpreted as the start of a special escaped sequence, BI is reporting the following error when I try to view the xml generated by the report:
URLDecoder: Incomplete trailing escape (%) pattern
I was able to do a workaround by passing '%25' instead and this correctly shows the xml.
But the problem is that the user normally enters '%' as wildcard to search for a string. For example, if a user is searching for a device type prefixed by 'xfm_', he/she should just enter 'xfm_%' in the report parameter instead of 'xfm_%25'.
It will be nice if the user will not have to worry about the escape character for a percent sign. Is there a workaround to do it this way or this is a limitation of BIP?
Thanks,
Carl

Hi Chinmaya,
Sorry for the confusion.
The idea was to encode the password string (and user, if necessary) in the URL template so that you wont get an error, something like this:
passwd=<User.password[url_ENCODE]>
Daniel

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i am getting "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URLDecoder: Illegal hex characters in escape (%) pattern - For input string: \"\u000F\u0016\"
can any one help how to fix this issue?
Thanks and regards
Kavitha

U+000F and U+0016 are non-printing control characters that are explicitly forbidden in an URL and if I remember correctly even spell trouble when they are encoded.
If you want to transfer random byte data, then your best bet is to use some ASCII-safe encoding such as Base64 (note that you need to use a [modified Base64|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64#URL_applications] in URLs to avoid having to double-encode "+" and "/").

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The error is for :
<img id="EFLogo" src="<%=EFLib.Pub.Logo %>" /> Where "EFLib.Pub.Logo is a public static variable.
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Hi Jerry,
Looks like you've hit a bug in the code for the Web Page Editor (WPE) in the JSF Tools project of WTP. The design view of the WPE fails with an IllegalArgumentException in a call to the URLDecoder. I've filed a bug at Eclipse. See...
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Can't decode query in URL!!!

On HTML page I have java script like this:
function subApp()
window.open("test.jsp?param="+escape("��"));
When in test.jsp page I try to get query using java.util.Decoder.decode(request.getQueryString(), 'utf-8') I've got following exception: URLDecoder: Illegal hex characters in escape (%) pattern - For input string: "u0"
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I have tried to get this parameter using request.getParameter("param") but i have got only NULL.
I looked src for java.net.URLDecoder and i think this problem occur because:
1. As you can see in JavaScript reference function "escape" doing following:
The escape method returns a string value (in Unicode format) that contains the contents of charstring. All spaces, punctuation, accented characters, and any other non-ASCII characters are replaced with %xx encoding, where xx is equivalent to the hexadecimal number representing the character. For example, a space is returned as "%20."
Characters with a value greater than 255 are stored using the %uxxxx format.
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          * encoding.
          try {
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          // of remaining bytes
          byte[] bytes = new byte[(numChars-i)/3];
          int pos = 0;
          while ( ((i+2) < numChars) &&
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               i+= 3;
               if (i < numChars)
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               throw new IllegalArgumentException(
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I'm having problems with the URLDecoder.decode(s, enc) method... When I send a string, encoded with the Javascript escape() function, to the server side of my application, I get a problem decoding it using this:
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I'd like to know if you can help me about this topic
I have a class which sends a xml message throug http, method POST with destination a servlet.
The content type is: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
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I've been suffering from two issues when setting up a crawl of an intranet website hosted on a proprietary web CMS using SharePoint 2010 Search. The issues are:
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2: The Regex implementation for crawl rules does not allow you to escape a question mark
... despite what it says
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Hi David,
as i know in sharepoint 2010 crawl there is a rule to include or exclude the URL that using '?' characters, if i may know have you implemented the rule?
In the Crawl Configuration section, select one of the following options:
Exclude all items in this path. Select this option if you want to exclude all items in the specified path from crawls. If you select this option, you can refine the exclusion by selecting the following:
Exclude complex URLs (URLs that contain question marks (?)). Select this option if you want to exclude URLs that contain parameters that use the question mark (?) notation.
Include all items in this path. Select this option if you want all items in the path to be crawled. If you select this option, you can further refine the inclusion by selecting any combination of the following:
Follow links on the URL without crawling the URL itself. Select this option if you want to crawl links contained within the URL, but not the starting URL itself.
Crawl complex URLs (URLs that contain a question mark (?)). Select this option if you want to crawl URLs that contain parameters that use the question mark (?) notation.
Crawl SharePoint content as HTTP pages. Normally, SharePoint sites are crawled by using a special protocol. Select this option if you want SharePoint sites to be crawled as HTTP pages instead. When the content is crawled by using the HTTP
protocol, item permissions are not stored.
for the trailing slash issue, may i have your latest cumulative update or your sharepoint database number? as i remember there was a fix on SP1 + june update regarding trailing slash, but not quite sure if the symptoms are the same with your environment.
Sharepoint may use sharepoint connector regarding regex, but older regex may not able to have a capability to filter out the parameters so, a modification regarding the trailing slash may happend.
please let us know your feedback.
Regards,
Aries
Microsoft Online Community Support
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Regards, Leonid.

The box at the top left of the browser window (beside the round
toolbar buttons).
The forum team are working on improving the search facility.
See the discussion forum forums for details.
Thanks,
Brian
JDeveloper Team

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     at oracle.ideimpl.index.file.AbstractFileTable.update(AbstractFileTable.java:379)
     at oracle.ideimpl.index.file.AbstractFileTable$FileTableUpdater.call(AbstractFileTable.java:914)
     at oracle.ideimpl.index.file.AbstractFileTable$FileTableUpdater.call(AbstractFileTable.java:903)
     ... 5 more
oracle.ide.index.LockFailedException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URLDecoder: Illegal hex characters in escape (%) pattern - For input string: ".j"
o.ii.index.IndexRoot.lock(IndexRoot.java:319)
o.ii.index.IndexImpl.lock(IndexImpl.java:161)
o.ii.searchbar.index.IndexProvider.searchProject(IndexProvider.java:272)
o.ii.searchbar.index.IndexProvider.search(IndexProvider.java:178)
o.ii.searchbar.BaseController$SearchTask.run(BaseController.java:213)
j.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)
j.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
j.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
j.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
j.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
j.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URLDecoder: Illegal hex characters in escape (%) pattern - For input string: ".j"
j.net.URLDecoder.decode(URLDecoder.java:173)
j.net.URLDecoder.decode(URLDecoder.java:83)
o.i.util.PatternFilter.matchesImpl(PatternFilter.java:285)
o.i.util.PatternFilter.matches(PatternFilter.java:138)
o.i.util.PatternFiltersOptimizer$VanillaEvaluator.matches(PatternFiltersOptimizer.java:118)
o.i.util.PatternFiltersOptimizer.getMatchingFilter(PatternFiltersOptimizer.java:184)
o.i.util.PatternFilters.findMatchingFilter(PatternFilters.java:145)
o.i.util.PatternFilters.isIncluded(PatternFilters.java:164)
o.i.util.IntersectedFilters.isIncluded(IntersectedFilters.java:145)
o.ii.index.file.AbstractFileTable.filePassesFilters(AbstractFileTable.java:706)
o.ii.index.file.DirFileTable.updateDir(DirFileTable.java:368)
o.ii.index.file.DirFileTable.processQueue(DirFileTable.java:288)
o.ii.index.file.DirFileTable.fullUpdate(DirFileTable.java:201)
o.ii.index.file.DirFileTable.updateFileTable(DirFileTable.java:136)
o.ii.index.file.AbstractFileTable.update(AbstractFileTable.java:379)
o.ii.index.file.AbstractFileTable$FileTableUpdater.call(AbstractFileTable.java:914)
o.ii.index.file.AbstractFileTable$FileTableUpdater.call(AbstractFileTable.java:903)
j.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
j.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)
j.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
j.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
j.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
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:) yeah it's a super useful search box especially with projects with lots of files nested down in some deep packages ;p
The interesting thing is I'm not searching for .j.
The same error message comes up regardless of what I search for.
For example:
MyFile.txt
or
FuBar
both return the same error and both report errors list .j and Illegal hex characters.... it must be some weird config thing under the hood that got munted during the install.
Edited by: T-Syd on Nov 20, 2009 9:36 AM

Hierarchies in Visual Composer

Hi VC Gurus,
i have been working with VC for 3months, i want to create hierarchies or see the tree view for an organization .its not posssible , its gng only uppto one level, is there any way tpo go to third level hierarchy .
pls guide me
thanks in advance
Sherwin

Hi all,
i also try to report hirarchies with the visual composer.
I created designed my model as described in the How to... paper.
But i get following error message when i try to drill down.
An error returned form the back-end system: URLDecoder: Illegal hex characters in escape (%) pattern - For input string: "#I"
Is this a known issue?
Thx a lot
Br
Mike

100 percent width issue with smaller windows

It took me many times to try and submit this, perhaps as the title had the percent sign? I kept getting the system errors and logging out automatically (see system error below) even though other similar posts have the % sign in the title. So I am trying to view similar discussions, especially at https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1455954?q=100%%20width but my browsers won't let me read that page once I'm signed in.
Anyway, I am having a similar issue in that when my window is made smaller (ie. a small laptop was browsing) until the horizontal scroll bar appears, after scrolling to the right many of my verified 100% width objects do NOT continue. See homepage of htttp://www.STLcello.com for example (looks fine unless you force to a smaller window, than scroll to the right to see how the header and footer items don't continue even though they do.
I'm hoping someone will have an answer to this or the other guy's question that this has been unanswered for months now!
STL
System Error
We're sorry but a serious error has occurred in the system.
Status Code: 500
Exception Type:
Error Message:
Request URI: /adobe-logout.jspa
Stack Trace:
javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URLDecoder: Illegal hex characters in escape (%) pattern - For input string: "%2"

Hi Dandalo
Unfortunately this is not possible with Tooltip , but you can use full screen slideshow which will have the similar effect but the limitation being the content on the page which will be not same as the referenced site you have posted.
Thanks,
Sanjit

[To Sysadmin] Exception when searching the forum

Hi,
a short notice: I got a java.lang.IllegalArgumentException while searching the forum for the phrase "+application +server +language +error +message", and it still persists after retrying a few times. It appears at half of the 9th search result.
(http://forums.oracle.com/forums/search.jspa?threadID=&q=%2Bapplication+%2Bserver+%2Blanguage+%2Berror+%2Bmessage&objID=c84&dateRange=all&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=10001)
The full message and stack:
An error in the system has occurred. Please contact the system administrator if the problem persists.
type: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URLDecoder: Illegal hex characters in escape (%) pattern - For input string: "=d"
     at java.net.URLDecoder.decode(URLDecoder.java:173)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.filter.HTMLFilter.isAcceptableURL(HTMLFilter.java:671)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.filter.HTMLFilter.cleanseTag(HTMLFilter.java:629)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.filter.HTMLFilter.doAdvancedFilter(HTMLFilter.java:445)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.filter.HTMLFilter.doFilter(HTMLFilter.java:352)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.filter.HTMLFilter.applyFilter(HTMLFilter.java:335)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.FilterChain.applyFilters(FilterChain.java:97)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.filter.XMLFilter.applyFilter(XMLFilter.java:65)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.FilterChain.applyFilters(FilterChain.java:97)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:144)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:152)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:155)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:155)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:155)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbFilterManager.applyFilters(DbFilterManager.java:170)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbForumMessage.getBody(DbForumMessage.java:450)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.proxy.ForumMessageProxy.getBody(ForumMessageProxy.java:104)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.database.DbQuery.highlightResult(DbQuery.java:544)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.proxy.QueryProxy.highlightResult(QueryProxy.java:158)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.action.SearchAction.getHighlightedText(SearchAction.java:630)
     at searchresults.jspService(_searchresults.java:1047)
     at com.orionserver.http.OrionHttpJspPage.service(OrionHttpJspPage.java:59)
     at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspPageTable.service(JspPageTable.java:416)
     at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspServlet.internalService(JspServlet.java:478)
     at oracle.jsp.runtimev2.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:401)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
     at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.invoke(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:719)
     at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.forwardInternal(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:376)
     at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.unprivileged_forward(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:298)
     at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.access$100(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:42)
     at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher$2.oc4jRun(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:204)
     at oracle.oc4j.security.OC4JSecurity.doPrivileged(OC4JSecurity.java:283)
     at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.forward(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:209)
     at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcherResult.doExecute(ServletDispatcherResult.java:81)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.util.webwork.ServletDispatcherResult.doExecute(ServletDispatcherResult.java:49)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.theme.ThemeAwareDispatcherResult.doExecute(ThemeAwareDispatcherResult.java:82)
     at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.WebWorkResultSupport.execute(WebWorkResultSupport.java:109)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.executeResult(DefaultActionInvocation.java:258)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:182)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.jivesoftware.forum.action.JiveExceptionInterceptor.intercept(JiveExceptionInterceptor.java:63)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.action.JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.intercept(JiveObjectLoaderInterceptor.java:56)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at oracle.wocapps.forum.action.OracleLocaleInterceptor.intercept(OracleLocaleInterceptor.java:74)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.opensymphony.webwork.interceptor.FileUploadInterceptor.intercept(FileUploadInterceptor.java:71)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.interceptor.AroundInterceptor.intercept(AroundInterceptor.java:35)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionInvocation.invoke(DefaultActionInvocation.java:164)
     at com.opensymphony.xwork.DefaultActionProxy.execute(DefaultActionProxy.java:116)
     at com.opensymphony.webwork.dispatcher.ServletDispatcher.serviceAction(ServletDispatcher.java:272)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.util.JiveWebWorkServlet.service(JiveWebWorkServlet.java:62)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:856)
     at com.evermind.server.http.ResourceFilterChain.doFilter(ResourceFilterChain.java:64)
     at com.jivesoftware.util.SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetResponseCharacterEncodingFilter.java:53)
     at com.evermind.server.http.EvermindFilterChain.doFilter(EvermindFilterChain.java:15)
     at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.parsePage(PageFilter.java:118)
     at com.opensymphony.module.sitemesh.filter.PageFilter.doFilter(PageFilter.java:52)
     at com.evermind.server.http.EvermindFilterChain.doFilter(EvermindFilterChain.java:17)
     at com.jivesoftware.base.PresenceFilter.doFilter(PresenceFilter.java:113)
     at com.evermind.server.http.EvermindFilterChain.doFilter(EvermindFilterChain.java:17)
     at com.jivesoftware.util.SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.doFilter(SetRequestCharacterEncodingFilter.java:48)
     at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.invoke(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:627)
     at com.evermind.server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.forwardInternal(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:376)
     at com.evermind.server.http.HttpRequestHandler.doProcessRequest(HttpRequestHandler.java:870)
     at com.evermind.server.http.HttpRequestHandler.processRequest(HttpRequestHandler.java:451)
     at com.evermind.server.http.AJPRequestHandler.run(AJPRequestHandler.java:299)
     at com.evermind.server.http.AJPRequestHandler.run(AJPRequestHandler.java:187)
     at oracle.oc4j.network.ServerSocketReadHandler$SafeRunnable.run(ServerSocketReadHandler.java:260)
     at com.evermind.util.ReleasableResourcePooledExecutor$MyWorker.run(ReleasableResourcePooledExecutor.java:303)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:595)
Regards,
Patrik

denvercoder9, lol
http://mthruf.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/job-fails-nooses-the-ultimate-solution.jpg

Filenames with leading '%' cause error.

I've crawled my NTFS source. I search some terms that I know will show up in this source. I get the following error:
'Error when attempting to generate advanced result list: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: URLDecoder: Illegal hex characters in escape (%) pattern - For input string: " s"'
In this case the filename was actually '% score card 59.pdf'
I have no idea who came up with the naming condition with a leading percent sign, but that is apparently a legal windows file name, and the crawler actually seems to pick it up correctly, it's just bombing out when the user clicks the Search button.

I've seen this before. The previous customer who reported it decided to fix the filenames, so the problem "went away".
If the filename is accepted during crawling, it's definitely a bug if it causes queries to fail. Can you log an SR with support so we can get this logged properly as a bug, then we can try to get a fix for it.
Scarbo: I believe the problem is not just around using the % as part of the query - if the document with the faulty URL (the URL being derived from the filename) is included in the result set then it will cause the failure regardless of the search expression used.

Server being flooded

Hi there,
I have noticed that out of no where my server is getting a huge amount of traffic. I have about 23 requests per second. This is basically using up my entire bandwidth which is making it very slow to access. I have no idea why there is such a huge amount. I believe I am being targeted. My access log gives me the following:
405 -
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:12 +0200] "GET http://hydral.ru/rukavadin_1sn,2sn HTTP/1.1" 200 67224
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:10 +0200] "GET http://www.justia.pro HTTP/1.1" 200 13849
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:13 +0200] "GET http://personalcards.ca/2009/07/04/ HTTP/1.1" 200 25471
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:13 +0200] "GET http://lavaligeria.com/punti-vendita.asp HTTP/1.1" 200 16237
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:14 +0200] "GET http://www.173zhai.com/member.php?type=my&action=collection&job=add&tid=17 HTTP/1.1" 302 -
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:14 +0200] "GET http://www.creativeimagecollections.com/blog/weddings/stephanie-and-chrisjune-9- 2007.html/comment-page-1#comment-1686 HTTP/1.1" 404 5535
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:17 +0200] "GET http://birchwoodchem.co.uk/ HTTP/1.1" 200 3780
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:12 +0200] "POST http://contrestrike.ru/main/78-17-letnjaja-shvedka-kinula-obuchenie-radi-counter .html HTTP/1.1" 200 18970
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:20 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:15:44 +0200] "GET http://car-sales-reviews.com/categories/12-Car-Care HTTP/1.1" 200 88067
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:15:53 +0200] "GET http://cleveland-wrongfuldeathlawyer.info/ChildDeath_WrongfulDeath.html HTTP/1.1" 200 55753
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:16 +0200] "GET http://www.handcircus.com/2008/12/10/rolando-trailer-escape-from-rolando-central HTTP/1.1" 302 -
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:21 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:15:44 +0200] "GET http://gourmet-food-kitchen.com/function.mysql-select-db HTTP/1.1" 404 91171
174.133.177.66 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:17 +0200] "GET http://globalinfo.com.ua/novosti/253.html HTTP/1.1" 200 45341
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:22 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:15:40 +0200] "GET http://illinois-wrongfuldeathlawyer.info/AutoAccidents_WrongfulDeath.html HTTP/1.1" 200 49601
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:15:46 +0200] "POST http://www.cincinnatibathremodeling.com/design-and-plans HTTP/1.1" 200 12149
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:23 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:24 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:23 +0200] "GET http://www.the-organizing-boutique.com/ HTTP/1.1" 200 33724
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:21 +0200] "POST http://www.justia.pro/cgi-bin/filter.pl HTTP/1.1" 302 -
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:19 +0200] "POST http://interactivewoo.com/easy/blogging/blog-basics/#wpcf7-f4-w3-o1 HTTP/1.1" 404 23881
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:22 +0200] "GET http://www.nintharch.com/dedication/ HTTP/1.1" 200 16482
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:05 +0200] "GET http://ncuxo-logia.ru/2/2_2.php HTTP/1.1" 200 3989
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:24 +0200] "GET http://www.173zhai.com/login.php HTTP/1.1" 200 6364
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:26 +0200] "GET http://www.birchwoodchem.co.uk/index.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 3780
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:28 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:23 +0200] "GET http://horstsergio.de/ich/content/view/30/129/ HTTP/1.1" 200 25982
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:29 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.133.177.66 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:13:08 +0200] "GET http://asbestosmesotheliomavermiculite.info/Mesothelioma-Medical/Mesothelioma_Cy stic.html HTTP/1.1" 502 1376
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:25 +0200] "GET http://personalcards.ca/2009/07/05/ HTTP/1.1" 200 25528
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:23 +0200] "GET http://www.handcircus.com/2008/12/10/rolando-trailer-escape-from-rolando-central / HTTP/1.1" 200 11915
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:26 +0200] "GET http://ibackthisup.com/campaign/islam HTTP/1.1" 200 30891
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:22 +0200] "GET http://lavaligeria.com/eventi-valigeria.asp HTTP/1.1" 200 15128
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:17 +0200] "GET http://www.handcircus.com/2008/06/28/rolando/comment-page-1/#comment-84427 HTTP/1.1" 404 8144
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:20 +0200] "GET http://ourkidsmatter.net/modules.php?name=Submit_News HTTP/1.1" 200 47974
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:29 +0200] "GET http://ncuxo-logia.ru/index.php HTTP/1.1" 200 3344
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:26 +0200] "GET http://contrestrike.ru/main/78-17-letnjaja-shvedka-kinula-obuchenie-radi-counter .html HTTP/1.1" 200 45768
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:30 +0200] "GET http://www.the-organizing-boutique.com/getting-organized.html HTTP/1.1" 200 28482
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:30 +0200] "GET http://www.birchwoodchem.co.uk/company.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 3800
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:32 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:15:40 +0200] "POST http://norfolkspiritguide.co.uk/dir.aspx?p=71 HTTP/1.1" 200 20574
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:16 +0200] "GET http://realvana.com/cant-find-your-location.html HTTP/1.1" 200 11441
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:33 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:15:51 +0200] "GET http://irving-wrongfuldeathlawyer.info/AirplaneCrashLawyer.html HTTP/1.1" 502 1323
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:27 +0200] "GET http://dit2o.com/portal/?page_id=34 HTTP/1.1" 200 11160
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:27 +0200] "GET http://marketing.justia.com/contact-error.html?error=missing HTTP/1.1" 200 14542
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:34 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:35 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:34 +0200] "GET http://www.birchwoodchem.co.uk/toiletries_cosmetics.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 4501
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:34 +0200] "POST http://www.handcircus.com/wp-comments-post.php HTTP/1.1" 302 -
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:34 +0200] "GET http://exe-wmr.info/articx/articx/ HTTP/1.1" 404 212
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:32 +0200] "GET http://www.173zhai.com/member.php?type=my&action=friend&job=add&uid=1 HTTP/1.1" 302 -
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:33 +0200] "GET http://lavaligeria.com/sitemap.html HTTP/1.1" 200 13407
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:33 +0200] "GET http://www.nintharch.com/2008/08/18/how-to-run-a-meeting/ HTTP/1.1" 200 23866
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:33 +0200] "GET http://hydral.ru/rukavadin_4sp,4sh HTTP/1.1" 200 52722
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:36 +0200] "GET http://ibackthisup.com/site/home HTTP/1.1" 200 9856
74.52.177.210 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:38 +0200] "POST http://cpanel.sslpayments.com/info.php HTTP/1.1" 200 1115
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:35 +0200] "GET http://realvana.com/california/los-angeles/pasadena/coffee/bamboo-tea-house.html HTTP/1.1" 200 31870
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:36 +0200] "GET http://marketing.justia.com/contact-error.html?error=missing HTTP/1.1" 200 14542
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:37 +0200] "GET http://dit2o.com/portal/?page_id=35 HTTP/1.1" 200 11115
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:38 +0200] "GET http://www.the-organizing-boutique.com/clutter-control.html HTTP/1.1" 200 26192
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:37 +0200] "GET http://www.handcircus.com/2008/12/10/rolando-trailer-escape-from-rolando-central /comment-page-1/#comment-84432 HTTP/1.1" 404 8144
174.133.177.66 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:27 +0200] "GET http://globalinfo.com.ua/novosti/252.html HTTP/1.1" 200 41624
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:39 +0200] "GET http://exe-wmr.info/articx/liex/ HTTP/1.1" 404 210
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:18 +0200] "GET http://chesapeake-wrongfuldeathlawyer.info/BirthInjury_WrongfulDeath.html HTTP/1.1" 200 60229
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:39 +0200] "GET http://www.173zhai.com/login.php HTTP/1.1" 200 6364
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:42 +0200] "POST http://cpanel.sslpayments.com/info.php HTTP/1.1" 200 1115
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:40 +0200] "GET http://www.birchwoodchem.co.uk/pharmaceuticals.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 4798
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:42 +0200] "GET http://www.slevy.biz%0D%0A/click.php?nameodkaz=www.SLUNEcNi-BRyLE.com&idlink=89 HTTP/1.1" 502 1362
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:40 +0200] "GET http://lavaligeria.com/iscriviti.asp HTTP/1.1" 200 20178
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:45 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:33 +0200] "GET http://ncuxo-logia.ru/sitemap/index.php HTTP/1.1" 200 13705
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:40 +0200] "GET http://personalcards.ca/2009/07/06/ HTTP/1.1" 200 25550
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:35 +0200] "POST http://ourkidsmatter.net/modules.php?name=Submit_News HTTP/1.1" 200 48795
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:46 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:42 +0200] "GET http://contrestrike.ru/main/ HTTP/1.1" 200 26250
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:47 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:44 +0200] "GET http://www.justia.pro HTTP/1.1" 200 13849
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:43 +0200] "GET http://ibackthisup.com/site/createpetition HTTP/1.1" 200 41063
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:48 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:47 +0200] "GET http://www.the-organizing-boutique.com/home-organization.html HTTP/1.1" 200 35580
174.133.211.122 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:15:34 +0200] "GET http://dayton-wrongfuldeathlawyer.info/WrongfulDeathNews.html HTTP/1.1" 404 -
174.133.15.50 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:38 +0200] "GET http://kibergrad.com?do=dnl&id=5682a53153296e01ff6bd4e453759b37 HTTP/1.1" 200 225
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:48 +0200] "GET http://www.birchwoodchem.co.uk/biocides.htm HTTP/1.1" 200 4875
174.120.24.242 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:42 +0200] "GET http://www.nintharch.com/author/adoniram/ HTTP/1.1" 200 15802
::1 - - [25/Jul/2009:18:16:50 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 -
What on earth is going on?
Thanks

Those IPs are from a netblock at ThePlanet webhosting service. They have a few compromised machines/sites there. Contact their reps at '[email protected]' send them the IPs and one line of the log for each offending IP. Make your e-mail short, to the point, and polite.
The 'GET' requests that are in the log indicate that your server is indeed an open proxy. Disconnect it from the network until you can secure the server's configuration. Using Server Admin, stop the 'Web' service. Then select 'Your Server'->Web->Settings->Proxy and uncheck the 'Enable Forward Proxy' and 'Control Access To Proxy' checkboxes. Under 'Your Server'->Web->Settings->Modules' uncheck the 'proxy_module' -if you have no need to proxy requests to other servers on your network. Then save the settings. Restart the 'Web' service.
If the above is already the configuration on the server, you may have a situation where the server has been 'rooted' and your solution would be to reinstall the OS to eliminate any compromised code.

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