[omniORB] Naming Server Crash

Brecht Vermeulen Brecht.Vermeulen@rug.ac.be
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 16:06:30 +0100 (MET)


Hello,

We've found a bug in the omniNames implementation we think. (sorry, I've
got no time to search the archives, because I don't see it as a big
problem for us now, sorry if it's already mentioned or solved in the newer
versions).

It's with the 2.8.0 version (Linux debian 2.1). If you take the eg3
example and you change in the client 
orb->resolve_initial_references("NameService")
by (thus a typo :-) )
orb->resolve_initial_references("NamyService")
then the naming service blocks on next calls. Ideal for denial of service
attacks !

yours sincerely,
Brecht Vermeulen
ATLANTIS IP-ATM testlab
University of Ghent