From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Kangas Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#19565: Emacs vulnerable to endless-data attack (minor) Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 19:38:40 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83a7ad3hlf.fsf@gnu.org> <874l0le314.fsf@gnus.org> <831rvo1qlk.fsf@gnu.org> <87zhibyzh8.fsf@gnus.org> <83tv8jw3t1.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="53239"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , 19565@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 08 19:44:22 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iHtX3-000DjC-VO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:44:22 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59404 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iHtX2-0005Zq-6V for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:44:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51908) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iHtRw-0001Eq-82 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:39:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iHtRv-0007Uk-95 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:39:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42636) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iHtRt-0007U7-TG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:39:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iHtRt-0006MW-OU for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:39:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Kangas Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:39:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 19565 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: security Original-Received: via spool by 19565-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B19565.157055633924448 (code B ref 19565); Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:39:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 19565) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Oct 2019 17:38:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51457 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iHtRr-0006MG-63 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:38:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pg1-f176.google.com ([209.85.215.176]:43046) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iHtRp-0006M3-Dk for 19565@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 13:38:57 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-pg1-f176.google.com with SMTP id i32so3330156pgl.10 for <19565@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:38:57 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=H8oT1MJomHUr/jGE1OCFSn2kcg5EIYYEdQxXsDCgRe4=; b=NH8Xg5qZcIuRmDEoe4e7Nx0BRTO8ZX9jzLaQjVY/8JYHqRO40Gm2jUJOyeyXuUplfI ZtrdaF+VRoMei3/CagvVkeKharrw99xS6dbGWB94yeeK5wI2mbQi1mSaHMHxr/crc/8g 5bsumWgzbLQtfKL3bO0zUvM/l0ZstUdfHkk/D1q2SPBhRmt/iqxuoBxHYTNFb0lDsGt8 TkKdBDBqAN/AaH0LuGXffj8XVwu436F8sRSa2ssRRrHJbzKfo/lAGpwVqlT1bRXnqlRb fJX5uHouE72tyXrOv5lSTiWzzJDtqlebmTX4/bCtno+f/Golv91JKMppDusW/V7SiFAj 8QRQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVLfm1GAA3jDFz+I/CZOKaBNbGT3Gm6hVeevYVR2yQK9sgM/cy9 76seOc+JEr+9Whj00eAD7RAu5BeILTfsHyWe+H0= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwFrIzZSKEfaV+Oa58Xe6k8WCIbgiwYwL+JYtYX6SvYdYWxQZJev1rUydUpvri+p6uOTZC5dMosJsgXo7mfjSQ= X-Received: by 2002:aa7:8009:: with SMTP id j9mr39737793pfi.107.1570556331540; Tue, 08 Oct 2019 10:38:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <83tv8jw3t1.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:168675 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > So bytes/sec, as you suggest, may be the best heuristic. But it should > > > only kick in after having received a large number of bytes, probably. > > > > Maybe this is a stupid question, but what if I'm on a slow connection? > > Please define "slow" in terms of bytes/sec. - 56 kbps dialup is 7000 bytes/sec. - 2G cellular network is 40 kbps, or 384 kbps, which is 5000 bytes/sec and 48000 bytes/sec respectively. These are theoretical maximums. Best regards, Stefan Kangas