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From: Johannes Sixt <j6t@kdbg.org>
To: "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org>
Cc: Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com>, git list <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Update packfile transfer protocol documentation
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:12:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AEC9A3E.7030601@kdbg.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091031020634.GL10505@spearce.org>

Shawn O. Pearce schrieb:
> Scott Chacon <schacon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> +Currently only 'host' is allowed in the extra information.  It's
> 
> No.  We should make this a MUST.  As in:
> 
> 	Only host-parameter is allowed in the git-proto-request.
> 	Clients MUST NOT attempt to send additional parameters.
> 
> Sending another header can cause older git-daemons to lock up.

I think you are making a wrong case here: Older git-daemons that lock up 
are security holes because they allow DoS attacks, and any decent admin 
will want to upgrade to a fixed git-daemon anyway.

Fixed git-daemons can allow extra information in addition to 'host'. I 
know you argued otherwise when you submitted the fix to git-daemon, but I 
think you were wrong already back then.

-- Hannes

  reply	other threads:[~2009-10-31 20:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-29 17:35 [PATCH] Update packfile transfer protocol documentation Scott Chacon
2009-10-30 22:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31  2:06 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2009-10-31 20:12   ` Johannes Sixt [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-11-01 23:18 Scott Chacon
2009-11-02  5:17 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-02 15:41   ` Shawn O. Pearce
2009-11-02 17:31     ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-02 15:43 ` Shawn O. Pearce
2009-11-02 23:48 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-02 23:57   ` Shawn O. Pearce
2009-11-03  0:36     ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-03  0:58       ` Shawn O. Pearce
2009-11-03 22:05         ` Scott Chacon
2009-11-04  0:40           ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-04  0:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-04  0:56   ` Shawn O. Pearce
2009-11-04  1:07     ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-04  1:18       ` Shawn O. Pearce
2009-11-04  1:48         ` Junio C Hamano
2009-11-04  5:58 Scott Chacon
2009-11-04  6:36 ` Sverre Rabbelier
2009-11-05  5:24 ` Junio C Hamano

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