on my webserver, and im sure many of you who also run one see this all the time, but the majority of my access log is filled with attempted exploits from computers compromised by some virus (NIMBDA?) and anyway i know this is harmless to an apache/linux webserver, but its annoying, anyway, on slashdot i saw this:
RedirectMatch permanent (.*)c+dir
http://127.0.0.1/scripts/..%255c..%255cwinnt/syste m32/cmd.exe?/c+rundll32.exe+shell32.dll,SHExitWind owsEx%201
to put in the .htaccess file, someone with more knowledge of .htaccess than me, please what does this do? it looks like it would try to execute the command on a windows machine to shut down the computer(exit windows) how does this work? and is it safe to include in my .htaccess file? thanks.