Apache access.log file groving every second -how to prevent?

[amoooc]

Hello
My Apache access log file grooving every few seconds after Zend Server CE installation on fresh Ubuntu 12.04 Server. This is a bug? Could you help to dound the solution?
Small part of the log file /var/log/apache2/access.log :

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::1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:27:59 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 126 "-" "Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) (internal dummy connection)"
::1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:27:59 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 126 "-" "Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) (internal dummy connection)"
::1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:27:59 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 126 "-" "Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) (internal dummy connection)"
::1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:00 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 126 "-" "Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) (internal dummy connection)"
::1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:00 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 126 "-" "Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) (internal dummy connection)"
::1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:00 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 126 "-" "Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) (internal dummy connection)"
::1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:00 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 126 "-" "Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) (internal dummy connection)"
::1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:00 +0200] "OPTIONS * HTTP/1.0" 200 126 "-" "Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) (internal dummy connection)"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:08 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:13 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:18 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:23 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:28 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:33 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:38 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:43 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:48 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:53 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:28:58 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:29:03 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"
223.255.255.1 - - [06/Aug/2012:13:29:08 +0200] "HEAD / HTTP/1.1" 200 276 "-" "-"

Regards

[zvika]

This is Apache own doing for keeping processes live.

http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/InternalDummyConnection
http://www.electrictoolbox.com/apache-s ... onnection/