Maybe not exactly crashing the server but you could keep penning connections to an access database in a loop and not close any of them and that could hang the web server.
Depending on permissions, you might shell out and kill a process or just stop a service and not be able to restart it. I remember programming on a mainframe computer that used tape drives. The operations chief tried to tell me my program was causing parity errors on his tape drive. I had him take the particular tape drive off line and use a different drive for the program. Guess what? No parity error. Bob Filipiak A question not asked is a lost opportunity to learn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Forbes - ITD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:53 AM Subject: RE: [ASP] Can I Crash A Server > What does he know about programming? He's a network engineer... > > Putting your code in a loop (ie forgetting .MoveNext) is about the worst > thing you're likely to do. > > -----Original Message----- > From: GLSmyth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 14 May 2004 1:09 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ASP] Can I Crash A Server > > > I have been programming with ASP for several years now, and being far > from an expert, I feel that I have a pretty good grasp on things. We > have a new Network Engineer on board at work and he is concerned that > if I make a mistake in my programming, I could crash the server. > > I have been trying to think of ways to crash the server using ASP, > but besides doing something intentional, I am just not able to think > of how this could be done (truthfully, I can't even think of a way to > do it intentionally). > > Is he off base that a goof in my code could bring down the server, or > does he have a legitimate concern. I have made the occasional > mistake of forgetting to include Movenext within a loop looking at a > series of records, but I am just not able to come up with any > instances. > > Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers - > > george > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Post : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > The contents of this email and any attachments are sent for the personal attention > of the addressee(s) only and may be confidential. If you are not the intended > addressee, any use, disclosure or copying of this email and any attachments is > unauthorised - please notify the sender by return and delete the message. Any > representations or commitments expressed in this email are subject to contract. > > ntl Group Limited > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Post : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/17folB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Home : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages --------------------------------------------------------------------- Post : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/active-server-pages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
