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http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138211
Summary: (animated) picture spam slows/sometimes crashes msn
Product: kopete
Version: unspecified
Platform: Ubuntu Packages
OS/Version: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
AssignedTo: kopete-devel kde org
ReportedBy: cyb.org gmx net
Version: (using KDE KDE 3.5.5)
Installed from: Ubuntu Packages
OS: Linux
Well, there is no way to fix that easily i think, but some users have fun
crashing other MSNs with sending a large amount of custom pictures in animated
format.
Kopete slows down and doesnt react anymore (the whole kopete), which leads me
to the thought, that the whole rendering is one big thread.
maybe this fact should be considered, or some antispam function (plugin?)
built. also rendering the messages should maybe outhtreaded, because i cant
even chat with others anymore. it simply slows down kopete.
can be quite an annoying attack, and if kopete crashes, you have no way of
knowing, who it was on the list. since you dont even see the "you got message"
warning.
however, if you wait until the attacker stops sending, you can read it, but if
he attacks long enough, kopete is brought down.
also mostly i think many users suffering from such an attack would think, it is
a program failure, not an attack.
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