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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:37:10 -0500
From: Raphael Geissert <geissert@...ian.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Jan Willamowius <jan@...lamowius.de>
Subject: Re: information request on security bug fix in GNU Gatekeeper 3.1

Hi,

On Saturday 25 August 2012 03:29:59 Jan Willamowius wrote:
> But you are right, the possibility to create an unlimited number of
> connections each with its own thread handling it is the issue that
> creates an easy possibility for a DOS attack.

Thanks for the details. It would be great if you mentioned the CVE id that 
Kurt assigned on the announcement web page.

Thanks again.

Kind regards,
-- 
Raphael Geissert - Debian Developer
www.debian.org - get.debian.net

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