1 Well, there's an actual essay in the first part. . . is it possible someone ( probably a robot I imagine ) is looking for a file that, "logically", "should" be there based on your current web page format, but because the essays are old, aren't there?

2

I've suspected that it's a bot looking for some specific web server type and version because it's vulnerable. The reason it's feeding me the URL of one of my pages is so that I don't instantly bounce it.

But I don't have the slightest idea what server has those files, though frankly I'd guess it's some Microsoft thing.

I've been getting this kind of thing in my refers for years, but less often these days than before, which suggests that whatever it was, it's now obsolete. The idea is that there are fewer bots looking because most hackers know that there aren't really all that many of those kinds of servers any longer.

But all of that is just guesswork.

3

A quick google search yielded this:

http://bluequartz.org/trac/browser/5100R/branches/Cobalt/ui/carmel.mod/libImage/BlocksTile.gif?rev=4

It's from some software called bluequartz, which was apparently based on Cobalt's server management software.  If I remember correctly, your webserver hardware was made by Cobalt, yes?  Not sure of the specific connection or why you'd get refers for it, but it seemed like more than just a coincidence...