GNU bug report logs - #19565
Emacs vulnerable to endless-data attack (minor)

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 19565 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19565: Emacs vulnerable to endless-data attack (minor)
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 20:22:02 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 18:50:22 +0200
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 19565 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:
> 
> > So bytes/sec, as you suggest, may be the best heuristic.  But it should
> > only kick in after having received a large number of bytes, probably.
> 
> Maybe this is a stupid question, but what if I'm on a slow connection?

Please define "slow" in terms of bytes/sec.

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