Re: cvs commit: jakarta-tomcat-4.0/catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core StandardServer.java

[Justin Erenkrantz]

On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 06:51:52PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> craigmcc    01/08/21 11:51:52
> 
>   Modified:    catalina/src/share/org/apache/catalina/core
>                         StandardServer.java
>   Log:
>   Fix for a DoS attack against the shutdown port, that could cause an "out
>   of memory" exception by sending a continuous stream of characters.  Now,
>   Tomcat will only listen for enough characters to match or not-match the
>   required password, then it shuts the port.

Now I'll know exactly how long the shutdown password is.  =-)  -- justin