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Subject: Re: Port scan with nmap causes infinite loop in casDGClient::processDG() [Re: CA gatway runs away when zero length PV name in UDP search request]
From: Ralph Lange <[email protected]>
To: EPICS Tech Talk <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2018 19:13:23 +0100
On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 5:06 PM, J. Lewis Muir <[email protected]> wrote:
On 01/15, Ralph Lange wrote:
> [...]
> Note, though, that Channel Access never claimed to be hardened. Even after
> fixing this behavior, an attacker on the local network will be able to
> cause all sorts of havoc by sending malformed network packages to CA
> servers and clients.
> Channel Access is not intended for use in a hostile environment.

I wouldn't call a port scan hostile.

True. Let me rephrase:
Channel Access is not intended for use in an environment where clients intentionally send malformed packages.

Cheers,
~Ralph

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Re: Port scan with nmap causes infinite loop in casDGClient::processDG() [Re: CA gatway runs away when zero length PV name in UDP search request] Benjamin Franksen
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Port scan with nmap causes infinite loop in casDGClient::processDG() [Re: CA gatway runs away when zero length PV name in UDP search request] Shuei YAMADA
Re: Port scan with nmap causes infinite loop in casDGClient::processDG() [Re: CA gatway runs away when zero length PV name in UDP search request] Ralph Lange
Re: Port scan with nmap causes infinite loop in casDGClient::processDG() [Re: CA gatway runs away when zero length PV name in UDP search request] J. Lewis Muir
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