Re: [mod-security-users] mod_security causing Apache 1.3.33 to hang

[Ivan R. <iv...@we...>]

Ivan Ristic wrote:
> Servedio, Allen (Matrix) wrote:
>> Just getting ready to... I am working with Ivan on it now.
> 
> We didn't get to run truss (Allen did not have root on
> the box) but we narrowed it down pretty much to a problem
> in the Apache 1.3.x regular expression library.

  For those who remember a similar thread from December (increased
  CPU consumption when mod_security is used), we asked Kwong Li to
  remove the one rule in his configuration that used subexpressions.
  He has just reported that he has not experienced high load problems
  since.

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