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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] |
From: |
"J. Lewis Muir" <[email protected]> |
To: |
Michael Davidsaver <[email protected]> |
Cc: |
EPICS Tech Talk <[email protected]> |
Date: |
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 09:58:21 -0600 |
On 01/23, Michael Davidsaver wrote:
> On 01/23/2018 10:54 AM, Hartman, Steven M. wrote:
> > Nonetheless, a malformed packet crashing a server would be
> > considered in bug in the server implementation and should be fixed.
>
> I don't think anyone is going to argue that these sort of issues
> shouldn't be fixed. The problem is as usual a question of time and/or
> money. Actively finding and _fixing_ packet validation issues has
> never been a priority for anyone.
Hi, Michael!
And therein lies the problem: IMHO, it should be a priority for the
maintainers. If any software I write crashes due to receiving an
invalid packet, I would consider that a bug and want to fix it.
Regards,
Lewis
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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] Michael Davidsaver
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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] 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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