Re: Google Chrome

On Fri, 2008-09-05 at 03:15 +0200, Jochem Maas wrote: > Bastien Koert schreef: > > On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Jochem Maas <jochem@iamjochem.com> wrote: > > > >> Bastien Koert schreef: > >> > >>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Dan Shirah <mrsquash2@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Yippie, Chrome already exploited for DoS attacks? > >>>> > >>>> http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1847&tag=nl.e539 > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Its not a DoS, its just a browser crash > >>> > >> so forcing a browser to crash is not 'Denial of Service'? > >> > >> I think your confused with DDoS > >> > >> > > DDoS is a Distributed Denial of Service attack where a server is attacked > > via multiple computers (like a bot net) at the same time AFAIK > > no shit. so if you drop the 'Distributed' you get 'Denial of Service'. DoS > is rather general, code that keeps crashing your browser on purpose is denying > you the service it provides (viewing webpages). > > rather like someone running off with your girlfriend ... you get denied service. I thought Chrome was set up so if your current page caused a crash other loaded pages didn't crash also. In which case DoS doesn't apply if only the requested page crashes since you're still getting service. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP