Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 10:05:23 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NEVERMIND! Message-ID: <867g57bq9o.fsf@nine.des.no> In-Reply-To: <7159.1401134516@server1.tristatelogic.com> (Ronald F. Guilmette's message of "Mon, 26 May 2014 13:01:56 -0700") References: <7159.1401134516@server1.tristatelogic.com>
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"Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> writes: > So should I file a PR on this, or what? *shrug* I think this falls under the same heading as a fork bomb - one of thousands of ways local users can screw you over if they want to. > For example, I can easily envision remotely filling up your /var simply > by sending you, in rapid succession, a sufficient quantity of malformed > http requests, or perhaps even just an endless set of minimalist HELO/QUIT > sequences to your mail server. or an ssh brute force scan, etc. In my opinion, this belongs in a system administration textbook, not in a bug tracker. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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