Bug#335897: similar problem workaround/solved
Hi,
Am Freitag, 17. November 2006 12:20 schrieben Sie:
> Rene Engelhard wrote:
> > Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
> >> Finally the problem was solved/worked around after restarting portmap
> >> and firestarter (ie. the firewall) on the exporting machine.
> >
> > So a problem on your side. qed.
>
> What do you mean by that?
> Why is it your point to set out to prove that this problem is on my side?
> What proofs do you have that it is a problem on my side?
That restarting your firewall/portmapper fixed it. You sourself said that.
That means somthing on that side didn't work correctly.
> Since you have proof that this problem is on my side, please would you
> be so kind to point out what I should do differently in order to avoid
> these kind of problems for the future.
See above.
> > [ Yes, OOo shouldn't freeze, but .. ]
>
> This is a bug of OOo. I guess it should be fixed.
I didn't say anything else.
> Unfortunately, I don't have the means of locating and fixing it further,
> but I guess someone who could do that could also turn it into an
> outright security exploit.
Proof? I doubt that. It's not even a crash, just a hang, so maybe a DOS. And even then,
if someone broke your nfs/firwall/portmapper per purpose (and he'd need root for that) you
already have a problem....
Regards,
Rene
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