Is the snark really necessary? It accomplishes what? Mike Robinson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > ID: 14707 > Updated by: daniel > Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Status: Bogus > Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem > Operating System: Any OS, any PHP version > PHP Version: 4.1.0 > New Comment: > > here's another discovery: > > while(true) > mail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "this is a mailbomb", "blub"); > > > > Previous Comments: > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2001-12-26 19:06:19] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I forgot to /bogus > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > [2001-12-26 19:04:23] [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > well, DoS is nothing new. thanks for re-descovering it. this is > not a PHP bug (same problem applies to virtually any language: C, > Python, Perl ..). it's a general security issue. you might solve > it by limiting the amount of connections for an IP. > > Kind Regards, > Daniel Lorch -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]