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On 01/16/2018 07:13 PM, Ralph Lange wrote:
> 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.

What about pvAccess in this regard?

Cheers
Ben
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