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Message-ID: <200310120105.h9C15T6s009453@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu)
Subject: Local DoS in windows. 

On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 02:18:16 +0200, Richard Spiers <dksaarth@...x.za.net>
said:
> whoopee!. Bleh. Really a security issue? Same thing happens if you have
show
> windows content enabled and you drag around a window, as long as your
> dragging the window, the cpu will remain close to 100 % usage.
Significant?

Probably not directly, but possibly indirectly.

The questions are, of course:

1) Is the 100% cycle sucking done as a pre-emptible thing, or can you
cpu-starve something else using it?

2) Is there some *other* security-related API that botches incorrectly if
it's
cpu-starved?

> No, unless its proof of some shoddy coding of some-sort.

A hammer is a useful tool for finding  non-impact-resistant screws......
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