On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Web server manager wrote: > assertion failed: pinger.c:187: "icmp_pktsize <= MAX_PKT_SZ" > > (and then terminating). > > That's both good and bad - it implies that overlong response data has been > trapped rather than leaving the potential for exploitable buffer overflows, > but leaves Squid without pinger running (it doesn't seem to be restarted > automatically - though that could also be bad if it was happening > continually).
No, this assertion is on the packet pinger is about to send. Please file a bug report for this issue. > Also, if pinger terminates, what happens to the data based on pinger's > measurements? Will Squid ignore old and potentially outdated RTT data, or > continue using it (not realising that it's no longer being maintained)? Good question. I think it will continue using the old data until expired, maybe forever. Regards Henrik
