[OpenSER-Devel] [ openser-Feature Requests-1638465 ] non-blocking TCP connection setup

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Feature Requests item #1638465, was opened at 2007-01-18 03:03
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Category: core
Group: ver devel
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Klaus Darilion (klaus_darilion)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: non-blocking TCP connection setup

Initial Comment:
Hi!

Currently when an openser thread has to establish a new TCP connection the thread blocks. This can be exploited for a DoS attack.

A non-blocking approach would solve this issue:

There was a discussion about the topic on the devel list in December 2006 (thread "tcp keepalive question") - some hints from Dan:

http://openser.org/pipermail/devel/2006-December/004990.html
http://openser.org/pipermail/devel/2006-December/004989.html




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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2008-01-02 05:13

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related to
http://lists.iptel.org/pipermail/serdev/2007-December/011521.html

klaus

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