From 9ee3760493a8c64f7d84ffb69c0b04a3e1a8a1c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Federico G. Schwindt" Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 18:17:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add comments around some IRC_SetPenalty() calls --- src/ngircd/irc-info.c | 3 ++- src/ngircd/irc-oper.c | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/ngircd/irc-info.c b/src/ngircd/irc-info.c index f1d02711..56cae2ac 100644 --- a/src/ngircd/irc-info.c +++ b/src/ngircd/irc-info.c @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ IRC_WHO_Channel(CLIENT *Client, CHANNEL *Chan, bool OnlyOps) } } - /* If there are a lot of clients, augment penalty a bit */ + /* If there are a lot of clients, increase the penalty a bit */ if (count > MAX_RPL_WHO) IRC_SetPenalty(Client, 1); @@ -1233,6 +1233,7 @@ IRC_WHOIS( CLIENT *Client, REQUEST *Req ) continue; } got_wildcard = true; + /* Increase penalty for wildcard queries */ IRC_SetPenalty(Client, 3); for (c = Client_First(); c; c = Client_Next(c)) { diff --git a/src/ngircd/irc-oper.c b/src/ngircd/irc-oper.c index 0b50bca6..ab4023ac 100644 --- a/src/ngircd/irc-oper.c +++ b/src/ngircd/irc-oper.c @@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Bad_OperPass(CLIENT *Client, char *errtoken, char *errmsg) { Log(LOG_WARNING, "Got invalid OPER from \"%s\": \"%s\" -- %s", Client_Mask(Client), errtoken, errmsg); + /* Increase penalty to slow down possible brute force attacks */ IRC_SetPenalty(Client, 10); return IRC_WriteStrClient(Client, ERR_PASSWDMISMATCH_MSG, Client_ID(Client)); -- 2.39.2