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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
Subject: Re: NEVERMIND!
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Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 10:05:23 +0200
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"Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> writes:
> So should I file a PR on this, or what?

*shrug*

I think this falls under the same heading as a fork bomb - one of
thousands of ways local users can screw you over if they want to.

> For example, I can easily envision remotely filling up your /var simply
> by sending you, in rapid succession, a sufficient quantity of malformed
> http requests, or perhaps even just an endless set of minimalist HELO/QUIT
> sequences to your mail server.

or an ssh brute force scan, etc.

In my opinion, this belongs in a system administration textbook, not in
a bug tracker.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no