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:
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> 
> [2001-12-26 19:06:19] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> I forgot to /bogus
> 
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> 
> [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


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