[omniORB] Naming Server Crash

[Duncan Grisby]

On Tuesday 14 December, Brecht Vermeulen wrote:

> 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 !

This is sort of a bug. It only arises if omniNames has been started
with -ORBInitialHost and -ORBInitialPort. In that case, it deadlocks
trying to resolve initial references with itself. The workaround for
now is to start omniNames without the ORBInitialHost/Port.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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