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Re: New release (2.8) of XSV

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• Subject: Re: New release (2.8) of XSV
• From: ht@i... (Henry S. Thompson)
• Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:57:32 +0100
• Cc: Jeff Rafter <lists@j...>, xmlschema-dev@w..., xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <20041009124018.GD11758@d...> (Daniel Veillard'smessage of "Sat, 9 Oct 2004 14:40:18 +0200")
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Daniel Veillard <daniel@v...> writes:

> libxml2 regexps used counters since day 1 for min/maxoccurs implementation.
> The explosion didn't look a supportable alternative to me as it opens
> the door to trivial DoS attacks or forces to break the schemas validation
> which is also a big problem if you consider schemas as a contract between
> two communicating parties.

I would be very interested, as I'm sure would others, in a description
of your algorithm.

ht
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