OT: PHP 32 bit numbers security issue

OT: PHP 32 bit numbers security issue

Hetz Ben Hamo hetzbh at gmail.com
Wed Jan 5 13:48:51 IST 2011


Hi Nadav,
In hosting business, many people are using whats available to them. Some
hosting companies install 64 bit distributions, some don't. I usually run 64
bit Linux, but in this business you shouldn't be surprised to find offers
which are using 32 bit Linux.

Hetz

2011/1/5 Nadav Har'El <nyh at math.technion.ac.il>

> On Wed, Jan 05, 2011, Hetz Ben Hamo wrote about "OT: PHP 32 bit numbers
> security issue":
> > I just found something related to PHP and handling 32 bit numbers, I
> wrote
> > about it here: http://goo.gl/xqQZd
>
> I know this doesn't excuse a Denial-of-Service bug, but I'm just curious -
> why are you running a 32-bit version of Linux?
>
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