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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: | "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