[cups.bugs] [MOD] STR #4221: CUPS doesn't treat ::1 address as localhost

Michael Sweet msweet at apple.com
Tue Nov 6 07:43:49 PST 2012


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[STR Closed w/Resolution]

Actually, the code for DoS detection does not special-case the loopback
interface, since a local user can just as easily DoS a server as a remote
user.

Just set MaxClientsPerHost to the same value of MaxClients to disable the
check.

Link: http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4221
Version: 1.5.4
Fix Version: None





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