Re: Denial of Service, Good for AS/400?

[John Earl <johnearl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Art Tostaine, Jr. wrote:
> 
> If it shuts down the HTTP server, and your Amazon.com, your shut down.  
>Period.  Other AS/400 jobs
> are probably still not running very quickly, until you end the HTTP server.

Agreed.
 
> Doesn't the HTTP server run at normal interactive job priority 20?  If it 
>does, it would be just
> like any other runaway interactive job.  It would bog everyone down.  Of 
>course, then the CFINT
> governor would come in....

Not really.  Though "CFINT" kicks in when interactive usage is too
high, it uses job type (BCH, INT, PJ, etc.) rather than priority to
detect an interactive job.

jte
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