Re: [Nbd] [Qemu-devel] [PULL 23/28] nbd: always query export list in fixed new style protocol
- To: Eric Blake <eblake@...696...>
- Cc: "nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net" <nbd-general@lists.sourceforge.net>, "Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@...696...>, "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones@...696...>, "qemu-devel@...530..." <qemu-devel@...530...>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...696...>
- Subject: Re: [Nbd] [Qemu-devel] [PULL 23/28] nbd: always query export list in fixed new style protocol
- From: Alex Bligh <alex@...872...>
- Date: Tue, 17 May 2016 18:36:10 +0100
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On 17 May 2016, at 17:56, Eric Blake <eblake@...696...> wrote:
> That's why I wonder if we need to document a minimum cutoff at which
> clients should assume will always be serviced, and which servers should
> not treat as an attack, and whether it should be larger than 32.
I don't think we need a specific number, but I think a one sentence
statement that servers are in general permitted to disconnect clients
which are behaving in a denial of service attack type manner would be
useful.
Given nbdkit only ever has one export, it seems eminently reasonable
for it to use a lower number.
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Alex Bligh
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