RE: ie6 input overflow

["Kayne Ian (Softlab)" <Ian.Kayne () softlab co uk>]

->

> Responding). Note that a simple file open can not be splitted 
> into several
> thread (or NT fiber) because it is a single operation, API 

Maybe I'm missing the point here, but as far as I know you can create a
seperate thread that does this with little trouble, thus leaving the main
execution thread free from sitting in a wait state for the function call to
return. (Ok, so it would still be waiting for your file open thread to
return a "completed!" message, but at least the app wouldn't look like it
had gone on holiday...)

Ian Kayne
Technical Specialist - IT Solutions
Softlab Ltd - A BMW Company


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Kovacs [mailto:petke () datanet hu]
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 7:53 AM
> To: Emre Yildirim
> Cc: Philip Wagenaar; vuln-dev () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: ie6 input overflow
>
>
> On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Emre Yildirim wrote:
>
> > Philip Wagenaar wrote:
> >
> >
> > > value="1,000,000 x's here"
> > > size="1000000"
> > > maxlength="1000000"
> >
> >
> > Hmm that's funny.  My system froze up too (I'm not sure if 
> I really used 
> > 1,000,000 'x's though).  This is a 750Mhz machine with 
> 256MB RAM running 
> > XP Professional/IE6, all fixes applied.
> >
> >
> > -- 
> > Emre Yildirim <emre () asper org>
> > GPG KeyID 0xF9E4A1D1 (keyserver.pgp.com)
> I think it's nothing more than a simple long time buffering.
> You can reproduce this behaviur by opening a large document (ie. in
> word) with size 2M. And watch the task manager. You will see 
> word - Not
> Responding.
> The ``Not Responding" state nothing more than the core thread of
> application -  that handle all the window events - can not read its
> message qeue, so the event sent by task manager left unresponded (Not
> Responding). Note that a simple file open can not be splitted 
> into several
> thread (or NT fiber) because it is a single operation, API 
> call (fopen).
>
> Thats all. I think.
>
> Regards petke
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Master of Engineering in Information Technology
> IBM Certified AIX(4.3) System Administrator
> Developer Engineer
> GTS-DataNet
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