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Emmanuel Lecharny resolved DIRSERVER-1260.
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Resolution: Fixed
Fixed. A new parameter has been added into the server.xml file (maxPDUSize) for
the DirectoryService bean.
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=722452&view=rev
> Add a protection agains DoS attacks
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> Key: DIRSERVER-1260
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DIRSERVER-1260
> Project: Directory ApacheDS
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Affects Versions: 1.5.4
> Reporter: Emmanuel Lecharny
> Assignee: Emmanuel Lecharny
> Fix For: 1.5.5
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> A malicious user can send hand crafted PDUs which can break the server in OOM
> errors. Another kind of attack would be to send big images, leading to OOM
> too.
> We must implement some protection against such DoS attacks (which may not be
> malicious).
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