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Ask HN: GET /public/data/AppConfigurations/175/logos.png?

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Hello

Looking at the weblogs for a site of mine, I see a lot of requests for /public/data/AppConfigurations/175/logos.png . Occasionally also some variation, like /public/data/AppConfigurations/61/shandrani-web-.png

Does anyone know what this might be? I'm curious, and google gives me nothing.

These have been happening long before the site officially launched, and as far as I can tell, the requesting hosts only do this one GET request, nothing else.

I see a few referers, like "http://es-mg42.mail.yahoo.com/" and "http://webmail.mundo-r.com/". This adds confusion, as they are Spanish webmail sites, and my site is Swedish only.

Does anyone know what this is about?

thanks

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RobinUS2
My best guess would be that your domain has been used before? I also get lots of requests on my domains to files that are long gone (couple of years).
ZeroMinx
I guess it's possible, but I don't think that's the case here. The domain name is just 5 characters long, but it's quite obscure; it's not a real word.

We registered both .SE and .COM in April, and I don't think either had been used before. The .COM is currently parked, I'm seeing all of this on the .SE site.

The referals I've seen appear indicate Spanish clients; There could be a mixup (Spain = .ES), but the domain name .ES isn't registered by anyone.

I don't think there's much to be too concerned about, I was merely curious what this might be.