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Emacs vulnerable to endless-data attack (minor)

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 19565 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19565: Emacs vulnerable to endless-data attack (minor)
Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 19:38:40 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.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.

- 56 kbps dialup is 7000 bytes/sec.
- 2G cellular network is 40 kbps, or 384 kbps, which is 5000 bytes/sec
and 48000 bytes/sec respectively.

These are theoretical maximums.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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