[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #2534: wordpress 2.0.1 remote dos attack

[WordPress Trac]

#2534: wordpress 2.0.1 remote dos attack
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       Id:  2534       |      Status:  closed                  
Component:  Security   |    Modified:  Mon Mar  6 04:20:28 2006
 Severity:  major      |   Milestone:  2.0.1                   
 Priority:  high       |     Version:  2.0.1                   
    Owner:  anonymous  |    Reporter:  matrix_killer           
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Changes (by masquerade):

  * resolution:  => wontfix
  * status:  new => closed

Comment:

 After discussion on IRC, the general consensus is that:

 A) DOS shouldn't be handled by a PHP application, there are much more
 efficient and better ways to deal with this.
 B) Registration is off by default, so the severity of this sort of DOS is
 rather low.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2534>
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