Today i decided to monitor my apache web server by server-status. For detail analysis i turned 'ExtendedStatus' flag on. And uncomment following lines
SetHandler server-status
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
Deny from none
After that i restarted apache. Accessing http://localhost/server-status show server status in detail. But Request Section attracted my attention. In request section other that GET method PROFOUND and OPTIONS are also mentioned. After investigation i conclude that PROFOUND in related with WebDAV and OPTIONS method represents a request for information about the communication options available on the request/response chain identified by the Request-URI.
SetHandler server-status
Order deny,allow
Allow from all
Deny from none
After that i restarted apache. Accessing http://localhost/server-status show server status in detail. But Request Section attracted my attention. In request section other that GET method PROFOUND and OPTIONS are also mentioned. After investigation i conclude that PROFOUND in related with WebDAV and OPTIONS method represents a request for information about the communication options available on the request/response chain identified by the Request-URI.
While doing investigation through google i also noticed some concern that apache server-status shows thousand of ::1 OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0. But the some important thing i noticed that even though none of client accessing Apache serve, in server-status a number of PROFOUND and OPTIONS request are showing from random client.
