Just don't do what I saw someone do:
Pseudo-code for index.cfm
<cfif isDefined("url.load")>
<cfinclude template="#url.load#">
<cfelse>
<a href="index.cfm?load=foo.cfm">foo</a><br>
<a href="index.cfm?load=goo.cfm">goo</a><br>
</cfif>
So, when I saw links pointing back to the page with filenames in the
URL, I.. um, someone I knew, naturally wondered what would happen if
?load=goo.cfm was changed to ?load=index.cfm.
Take a wild guess what happaned.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:28 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Recursive <cfinclude>
>
>
> A fun way to tie up a server.
>
> I just accidentally found out that you can recursively use
> <cfinclude>. That if you have a template named foobar.cfm and
> it contains a line <cfinclude template="foobar.cfm"> that
> ColdFusion MX will create an endless loop of including the
> file over and over and over ... When I finally stopped the
> process with the Stop button in IE, it was an very
> interesting effect with the template I just happened to be using.
>
> Is this a bug or a feature? If it's not a bug, I might have
> to think on this and see if there isn't a useful way to use
> this effect.
>
> If not, at least it's a fun way to kill a development server.
>
> --------------
> Ian Skinner
> Web Programmer
> BloodSource
> Sacramento, CA
>
>
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