Re: Getting Started with Hurd-L4

[Neal H. Walfield]

> However, this can only be done with server-side
> support (the server must be informed about the cancelation - if we
> simply abort the IPC without letting the server know, we are violating
> the protocol and leave our client-server connection in an undefined
> state.  The server would have no way to find out that we canceled it
> without trying to send a reply, at which time the reply would get
> lost, which is sometimes fatal for non-recoverable, non-repeatable
> operations).

This should only hurt the client, not the server.  That is: if
canceling an IPC would hurt the server there is an opportunity for an
attack by malicious clients.  Right?