Is this log message somebody looking for a proxy?

[innodivergence]

Howdy,

So I had some URI's that were banging against the wrong server. (Some mine, some not) I wrote a short redirection script to handle them until I/they fix the real problem. After that I noticed several queries in the form:

'GET /0;url=http://<some external location>'

(which are failing 404)

After poking through the logs a little, it seems most of these queries originate abroad.

I am guessing this is somebody mistaking my redirection script for an open proxy? Or is this perhaps the a recieving host javascripting a callback to to the refering site? Or is it something else entirely?

Thanks!

[I R A Darth Aggie]

On Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:22:54 -0700 (PDT),

Post by innodivergence
I am guessing this is somebody mistaking my redirection script for
an open proxy? Or is this perhaps the a recieving host
javascripting a callback to to the refering site? Or is it
something else entirely?

More likely, it's an automated probe that among other things attempts
to see if you are an open proxy. See if there are related error and
access log entries.