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

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Message #44 received at 19565 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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: Re: bug#19565: Emacs vulnerable to endless-data attack (minor)
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 21:02:22 +0300

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 19:38:40 +0200
> Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 19565 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > > 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.

I see no problem with these numbers.  If a process buffer receives
more than some threshold at speed like these or faster, we can prompt
the user.

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