The following reply was made to PR mod_include/3323; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: "Joseph W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc:  Subject: Re: mod_include/3323: Dos style attack with the usage of SSI's 
include virtual directive
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:17:08 -0700

 That is exactly this case, recursive includes.
 The only problem here though is that it eventually will crash
 the machine. At least the machine that this was tested on.
 
 I guess we will have to trust our users that they won't try to
 exploit this for now. <g>
 
 

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