No, that would only cause a sync error, not a DOS. > On Dec 17, 2025, at 09:17, Stelian Ionescu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Had I used prefix-length encoding then an attacker could shove a packet with >> an enormous size and cause DOS by overwhelming my system resources. >> Self-sync can prevent that by looking only for the magic separators at known >> locations. >> > > Then an attacker will cause DOS by simply ommitting the magic separator :D > > -- > Stelian Ionescu >
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