Re: [mv] Is it normal for minivend to spawn several processes? (a BSD issue?)

[Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com>]

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Christopher Thompson wrote:
> 
> I noticed seeing multiple copies of minivend and the CGI script in my
> process table during a DOS type attack recently. I had to take the catalog
> offline until I blocked the IP address because it would gradually fill up
> the process table with minivend and the CGI script processes (FreeBSD).
> The catalog does not use frames (I noted you mentioned that). Is what
> happens when the system gets overwhelmed with minivend requests?
> 

In my case, there was only one request, and minivend created 4 copies of
itself totally more than 60 megs. Something about having relatively low
memory on the machine may haver initiated a problem, but creating 4
processes for one request didn't seem appropriate to me (regardless).
I'm speaking here without knowing the internals of minivend (or what
might be practical), but perhaps this was a case where threading may
have been more appropriate than forking? 
   I'm just wondering aloud here. I have only a vague idea of how to
program threads in perl, and probably don't understand a number of
important issues involved here. 

    -mark

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