Re: [Zope-dev] version status

2003-06-17 Thread Dieter Maurer
> Shane Hathaway wrote: > > - Anonymous users can still open a versioned database connection > > (although now they can't use it) > > - Merely opening a versioned connection consumes resources > > - Zope does not free those resources as it should Then, we should fix the latter issue. Die

Re: [Zope-dev] version status

2003-06-17 Thread Toby Dickenson
On Tuesday 17 June 2003 09:01, Oliver Bleutgen wrote: > I don't quite understand the nature of this DOS attack after the patch. > You do requests with REQUEST['Zope-Versiom'] == . > If I understand your code correctly (it was bash and perl afterall ;)) > you create version i with a version name st

Re: [Zope-dev] version status

2003-06-17 Thread Oliver Bleutgen
Jamie Heilman wrote: Chris Withers wrote: Jamie Heilman wrote: 100% correct. Frankly I'm not entirely convinced anonymous users should ever be able to open a zodb connection, Well, without that, they would never be able to view a page from a Zope site. That would make it tricky to log in ;-)

Re: [Zope-dev] version status

2003-06-17 Thread Jamie Heilman
Chris Withers wrote: > Jamie Heilman wrote: > > > >100% correct. Frankly I'm not entirely convinced anonymous users > >should ever be able to open a zodb connection, > > Well, without that, they would never be able to view a page from a Zope > site. > That would make it tricky to log in ;-) By

Re: [Zope-dev] version status

2003-06-17 Thread Chris Withers
Jamie Heilman wrote: 100% correct. Frankly I'm not entirely convinced anonymous users should ever be able to open a zodb connection, Well, without that, they would never be able to view a page from a Zope site. That would make it tricky to log in ;-) Chris ___

Re: [Zope-dev] version status

2003-06-16 Thread Jamie Heilman
Brian Lloyd wrote: > Have you tested to ensure that the 2.6.2 (CVS) is still open to the > DoS? If so, could you give me a quick scenario that I could use to > reproduce it? I haven't tested 2.6.2, I tested CVS HEAD, assuming the code change to both was the validated_hook in Zope/App/startup.py

Re: [Zope-dev] version status

2003-06-16 Thread Oliver Bleutgen
Shane Hathaway wrote: Jamie Heilman wrote: Whats the status of versions for 2.6.2 and 2.7? Have there been any decisions reached? I saw Jim's code get checked in but it won't stop the DoS I posted. Say it a little louder. Here is what I think you're saying: - Anonymous users can still open a

Re: [Zope-dev] version status

2003-06-16 Thread Toby Dickenson
On Sunday 15 June 2003 08:11, Jamie Heilman wrote: > Whats the status of versions for 2.6.2 and 2.7? Have there been any > decisions reached? I saw Jim's code get checked in but it won't > stop the DoS I posted. Ive not tested Jims code, but it looks to me like it *should* stop that attack. Hav

Re: [Zope-dev] version status

2003-06-16 Thread Shane Hathaway
Jamie Heilman wrote: Whats the status of versions for 2.6.2 and 2.7? Have there been any decisions reached? I saw Jim's code get checked in but it won't stop the DoS I posted. Say it a little louder. Here is what I think you're saying: - Anonymous users can still open a versioned database conne