The following reply was made to PR mod_proxy/763; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Lars Eilebrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mod_proxy/763: Apache dies with a segfault when attempting to
proxy through
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 14:43:00 +0200 (CEST)
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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 08:31:54 -0400
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From: Zachary Amsden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mod_proxy/763: Apache dies with a segfault when attempting
to proxy through
At 05:39 AM 8/10/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Synopsis: Apache dies with a segfault when attempting to proxy through
>
>State-Changed-From-To: open-feedback
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>State-Changed-When: Sun Aug 10 05:39:41 PDT 1997
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>Sorry, this problem report was unanswered for a long time.
>
>Does the problem still exists with the current
>version?
>
I don't know. This problem was a result of an overflow in the hash
calculation
of the cache filename. The problem could be fixed fairly easily by
calculating
all of the hash characters first, then using a separate function to convert
into
a file/path name.
Zachary Amsden
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ciao...
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