Apache to rewrite or not ..

[Rudi Starcevic <rudi@oasis.net.au>]

Hi,

In my apache error log we have alot of request's for i) default.ida and 
ii) cmd.exe
In Linux this appears to be pretty much harmless - I think.
It is however annoying and I'm wondering whether or not to do anything 
about it.

I think all I can really do is use mod_rewrite to send these request to 
another page,
like a friendly page which tell's the hacker where to go ;-)

Is this my only option ?
Maybe it's best to do nothing and not risk upsetting / provoking the 
hacker to try
even harder to get in.

Should I mod_rewite or do nothing ?

Thanks
Kind regards
Rudi.