EOSERV Bug Tracker > Bug #92: File request packets queued/delayed.

Bug #92: File request packets queued/delayed.

File request packets queued/delayed.
ID #92
Submitter Plasmastar
Product EOSERV
Severity Feature Request
Status CLOSED, FIXED
Submitted 8th Sep 2012
Updated 8th Sep 2012
Related SVN Revisions
Rev# Date Description
r337 08 Sep 2012 13:46:16 UTC Add an extra 150ms delay between client requests for files (bug #92)
Plasmastar Submitter 12 years, 17 weeks ago

As a just in case feature, file request packets such as map requests, should be delayed to something like 2-3 seconds, to prevent DoS.

Comments

Sausage Developer 12 years, 17 weeks ago

How would that help prevent DoS attacks? It's an awfully big latency to add just because.

Plasmastar Submitter 12 years, 17 weeks ago

EOMain seems susceptible to this kind of attack...

Sausage Developer 12 years, 17 weeks ago

As fun as it is hearing about other people's problems, they're not EOSERV's. I'll increase the forced delay between file requests a bit, though, at least as a precaution for now. File I/O is still handled in the main thread, so with enough people doing it, it could possibly lag the server.

Updated Status to CONFIRMED

Sausage Developer 12 years, 17 weeks ago

Added in r337. Because of delays built in to the client, this has almost no impact on players.

Updated Status to CLOSED, FIXED

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