Thu 1 Nov 2007
phpmyadmin Tip #1: rename your phpmyadmin dir to something unique
Posted by dkaz under Programming
Found in Apache logs…on a domain that doesn’t even have MySQL installed…
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpmyadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /myadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /PMA/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpmyadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/sysadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/sqladmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/db/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/web/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/pMA/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/mysql/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/myadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/webadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/mysqladmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpmyadmin2/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.2.3/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.2.6/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.5.1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.5.4/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.5.6/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.6.0/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /db/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /web/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /PMA/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /admin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /mysql/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /myadmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /mysqladmin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /mysql-admin/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpmyadmin2/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.3/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.2.6/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.5.1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.5.4/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.5.6/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.0-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.2-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-pl1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”
85.17.155.21 “GET /phpMyAdmin-2.6.3-rc1/main.php HTTP/1.0″ 404 - “-” “-”

November 2nd, 2007 at 7:51 am
or just use the mysql command line
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:03 am
you can’t always get away with that…
what if you want remote support for a vbulletin board, for example?
or if you don’t have shell access?
i agree that mysql command line would be safer…I was just disgusted by this fishing activity
November 4th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
yea, i know what you were saying. i see that all the time for any opensource app like phpbb, wordpress, etc. it sucks.