[distcache-users] Re: A defect in distcache 1.5.1

[Priit R. <pri...@se...>]

Priit Randla wrote:

>
>    Hello,
>
> While writing  a squid authentication module (pin-calc with limited 
> lifetime one-time passwords) which supports sharing user 
> authentication status
> within squid cluster (using distcache, of course ;-)) I found out that 
> when I created distcache sessions with timeout of 10 hours,
> these sessions would be removed by dc_server in 1640 seconds instead. 
> I took a look at the source and spotted following problem in distcache 
> 1.5.1
> libsys/sys.c:


    Well, the problem is real but the patch isn't complete enough.
One more macro with unsigned long overflowing.
Hope this patch is better...

Regards,
Priit