On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Michael Sinz wrote:
> Ivan Zhakov wrote:
> > On 2/14/06, rooneg@tigris.org <rooneg@tigris.org> wrote:
> >> Log:
> >> Fix issue #2503, assertion failure cp URL -> URL.
> >>
> > I consider it is not enougn to fix only client to send valid requests.
> > Anyway server should be aware of invalid requests without aborts(). If
> > client use old client it still can abort server, which is very bad and
> > can cause wedged repositories.
>
> I would put this even more emphatically: A server should never abort() due
> to wire data. aborts() should only happen due to software bugs (something
> that "can not happen" just happened) and not because input data is not of
> the correct format, especially for externally connected servers. (That is,
> not closely coupled and secure systems)
>
I think everyone on this list agrees to this. Note, however, that this
was a client bug causing a client crash. See the issue for more info.
Regards,
//Peter
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Received on Tue Feb 14 13:12:51 2006