Denial Of Service attack on HTTP server

[Rob Landley]

On Sunday 07 March 2010 05:33:51 Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > Deleting the old httpd symlink still leaves the old httpd functionality
> > in your existing 2006-era busybox binary, you just wouldn't be using it
> > anymore. When you run httpd, you'd call the new binary instead.
> >
> > Denys: some variant of this is a FAQ.
>
> Added to http://busybox.net/FAQ.html#backporting

Hmmm...  The #backporting answer is about the development process, and why we 
don't work for free on old versions.  That's a separate topic.  This answer is 
about understanding implementation details enough to perform a minimally 
intrusive modification to an existing installation, and has nothing to do with 
the development community.

I think this is really a new question: "How do I replace just one applet in an 
existing system without disturbing the others?"

Hmmm...  The FAQ could use a bit of dusting, looks like.  Mind if I take a 
stab at it?

Rob
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