Can you elaborate on the kinds of DOS or fuzzing attacks? Thanks On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 4:01:18 PM UTC-6 Tom Hintz wrote:
> Neither string or byte array are good solutions from a security > perspective because they can be abused in certain kinds of DOS or fuzzing > attacks. I like the idea of a specific implementation. > > On Monday, January 11, 2021 at 7:44:14 AM UTC-5 luca.guagli...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> >> I saw a pretty good suggestion in this issue thread: Provide support for >> UUID type (a.k.a. GUID) #2224 >> <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/2224> @*gmabey >> <https://github.com/gmabey> *suggested to make use of the layout >> presented in RFC4122 section 4.1.2, @*billpoole-mi >> <https://github.com/billpoole-mi> *then further expanded upon that idea >> by providing a possible implementation >> <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/issues/2224#issuecomment-756065336> >> >> for that approach. >> On Thursday, 12 January 2017 at 00:06:53 UTC+1 Bo Yang wrote: >> >>> I recommend bytes field. If you use string, it won't accept non-utf8 >>> character. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 2:35 PM <to...@appcelerator.io> wrote: >>> >>>> Late answer, but I would have recommended string. Keeps it human >>>> readable and also, I suppose, not have to be concerned with endian order. >>>> >>>> On Monday, May 2, 2016 at 10:27:30 AM UTC-7, Osman Ali wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Looking use a 128 bit uuid according to rfc4122. For Proto3 should use >>>>> bytes type? >>>>> >>>>> So: >>>>> >>>>> message SendIdentifier { >>>>> bytes user_uuid = 1; >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to protobuf+u...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to prot...@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/protobuf. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Protocol Buffers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to protobuf+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/protobuf/53af4548-e09d-4a2f-8b62-de642fd67824n%40googlegroups.com.
