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Re: const time authentication in bozohttpd



On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 07:02:09AM -0500, Terry Moore 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?

It might be a solution, but I don't see any reasonable implementation, i.e.
it would be hard to guess how long the code will run. I'm not worried about
local cache-interference, I want to countermeasure attackers from the remote.

 Kind Regards,
 shm@


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