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Re: Local DoS in windows.
From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 21:05:29 -0400
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 02:18:16 +0200, Richard Spiers <dksaarth () unix za net> said:
whoopee!. Bleh. Really a security issue? Same thing happens if you have show windows content enabled and you drag around a window, as long as your dragging the window, the cpu will remain close to 100 % usage. Significant?
Probably not directly, but possibly indirectly. The questions are, of course: 1) Is the 100% cycle sucking done as a pre-emptible thing, or can you cpu-starve something else using it? 2) Is there some *other* security-related API that botches incorrectly if it's cpu-starved?
No, unless its proof of some shoddy coding of some-sort.
A hammer is a useful tool for finding non-impact-resistant screws......
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