[openbeos] Re: OBOS Security

  • From: "Alexander G. M. Smith" <agmsmith@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2002 18:12:22 EDT (-0400)

> I don't think a system level solution would prevent this either because then
> the system would get bogged down.  Well, unless the system decides to kill
> the process sending all the messages.

BeOS doesn't support flooding ports with messages.  Once it exceeds
the fixed size array holding the message queue, furthur messages
are lost.  Normally this would be a missing feature :-).

- Alex



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