Re: Hash Table Collisions (n.runs-SA-2011.004)

["Ashwin Hirschi" <lua-l@...>]

> > So, Petite Abeille, as you challenged people to throw stuff at Nanoki  
> > earlier, I'd be very interested to hear what you've put into it to  
> > protect against this type of attack?
>
> Nothing at all. It will timeout after one minute anyway. Nothing to  
> loose sleep over :)

Hmmm, okay.

> In other words, I don't think it's worthwhile bothering with obtuse  
> changes at the application level. Instead it might be more cost  
> effective and thorough the run such application in supervised mode (i.e.  
> timelimit, ulimit, etc).

Perhaps, though personally I'm not convinced: anything that can cheaply  
eat away at CPU resources for one minute, can be made to do so for much  
longer.

Anyways, thanks.

Ashwin.