On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:29:08 -0500 Tres Seaver <tsea...@palladion.com> wrote: > > Antoine, > > A single, small,, malicious XML file can kill a machine (not just the > process parsing it) by sucking all available RAM. We are talking hard > lockup, reboot-to-fix-it sorts of DOC here.
Sure, but in many instances, rebooting a machine is not business-threatening. You will have a couple of minutes' downtime and that's all. Which is why the attack must be repeated many times to be a major annoyance. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
