Re: const time authentication in bozohttpd

Mindaugas Rasiukevicius <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.devel.security,gmane.os.netbsd.devel.userlevel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
"Terry Moore" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Perhaps this is a silly comment; but wouldn't it be easier to simply time
> stamp the incoming request, and then spin for any authentication failure
> until a suitable fixed time has elapsed after the inbound arrival? Or are
> you worried about local cache-interference attacks as well? 

Why fixed time?  Make it random time.

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Mindaugas
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