[Zope] Data.fs grows rapidly in size and crashes Zope !!!

[Casey Duncan]

(Please keep it on the list)

On Monday 04 November 2002 01:58 pm, hpinson@indepthl.com wrote:
> Hi Casey.  That is possible, the server hosts a well publicized=20
> political site.  What would I be looking for in my logs out of the=20
> ordinary?  Lots of CGI requests?  Why would such a thing increase the=20
> data.fs size?

Looking at Z2.py would tell you exactly what requests are being made. As =
Chris=20
pointed out, it might be that a change in the software causes normal read=
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requests to change the database, which would explain the sudden growth.=20
However, if somebody outside was able to figure out a method they could c=
all=20
remotely (either as anonymous or using a sniffed password) that writes to=
 the=20
database, they could do the same thing. Its only a hypothesis, what Chris=
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suggested is probably more likely.
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> I guess to most useful thing I could ask is what information can I=20
> provide that would help to get to the bottom of this?  I have just=20
> run tranylyzer.py, but will not get to look at the output until this=20
> evening.

I'm sure the output of any logs would mean more to you (or somebody famil=
iar=20
with the application) then it would to use. Nonetheless, we might be able=
 to=20
theorize from some suspicious samples of the logs. I dunno.

-Casey