404 – autodiscover.xml

  • Resolved prashansa

    (@prashansa)


    6 years, 9 months ago

    Hi,

    One of my client’s IP address was blocked for the following reason: 

    Activity Detail
IP was blocked: Exceeded the maximum number of page not found errors per minute for a crawler. at https://www.domainname.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml
04/09/2019 09:21:20 (1 hour 29 mins ago)  
IP: x.x.x.x Hostname: x.ripe.coltfrance.com 
Human/Bot: Bot
Browser: undefined
Microsoft Office/16.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Microsoft Outlook 16.0.11328; Pro)

    I have temporarily whitelisted the client’s IP, but I would like to ensure if this is the correct solution, or if I should just add https://www.domainname.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml to the Whitelisted 404 URLs and remove the IP from the automatic Whitelist.

    Thanks

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  • wfdave

    (@wfdave)

    6 years, 9 months ago

    Hi @prashansa,

    This error is caused by your client using Exchange (a mail client software). This connects to your site at autodiscover.example.com or example.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml.

    Because this request may happen multiple times, Wordfence will automatically block the IP addresses of anyone who requests that page too many times.

    I would recommend simply whitelisting the URL and removing that client’s IP from the whitelist. (As your client’s IP may change in the future)

    Dave

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