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Re: [tor-bugs] #16410 [Tor]: No maximum length for variable-length cells.

#16410: No maximum length for variable-length cells.
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     Reporter:  nsk        |      Owner:
         Type:  defect     |     Status:  closed
     Priority:  normal     |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor        |    Version:
   Resolution:  not a bug  |   Keywords:
Actual Points:             |  Parent ID:
       Points:             |
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Changes (by nickm):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => not a bug


Comment:

 The maximum *is* 64K.  Any defense against performing DOS by making a 64K
 allocation would also needs to work against 128 512-byte allocations.
 (see functions with _oom_ in their name for more info here)

 Closing as not-a-bug

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