[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Looking up different blogs etc on xml parsers I wind up on the site of > Computer stuff, www.razorvine.net. > And in the browser torture section, the billionlaughs.xml link (that > you shouldn't use if you don't know what your doing, as was my case > (mea culpa)) > Thinking I was about to crash the browser, I look up the web for > assorted advice and find nothing except a post about the *killer xml > file*... > So hereb goes nothing... click, hang, reboot, hangs, (mouse pointer > moves, that's it folks) the disk spins occasionally, the vents go up > mad, I guess the CPU is working - have know idea on what.
the billion laughs attack is a carefully constructed XML file that takes requires an immense number of CPU cycles to parse... > I'm able to boot in safe mode but don't know what to do next? reboot as usual, and the next time you see a link that says "do NOT click if you don't know what you're doing", don't click on it. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
