PYpykello·Aug 21, 2014Submission
Nope.c: Node.js for C programmers
2 points · Open discussionriolet
WAFer
C2014–2014
riolet / WAFer
WAFer
WAFer is a C language-based software platform for scalable server-side and networking applications. Think node.js for C programmers.
2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
698GitHub stars
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What it is
WAFer is a C language-based software platform for scalable server-side and networking applications. Think node.js for C programmers.
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Where it is used
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What people are saying
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This week on Hacker News
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HN mentions by day2 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2014-07-25 11:13:39 UTC to 2014-08-21 08:22:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jul 25 | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-07-26 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 26 | 2014-07-26 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-07-27 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 27 | 2014-07-27 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 28 | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 29 | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 30 | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 31 | 2014-07-31 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 1 | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-02 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2 | 2014-08-02 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-03 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 3 | 2014-08-03 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 4 | 2014-08-04 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 5 | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 6 | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 7 | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 8 | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-09 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 9 | 2014-08-09 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-10 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 10 | 2014-08-10 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 11 | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 12 | 2014-08-12 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 13 | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 14 | 2014-08-14 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 15 | 2014-08-15 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-16 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 16 | 2014-08-16 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-17 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 17 | 2014-08-17 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 18 | 2014-08-18 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 19 | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 20 | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 21 | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-08-22 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
2 sourcesLooking at the source code : https://github.com/riolet/nope.c/blob/c883b11df78bb8115d5e51...
It tries to copy a buffer of 1024 byte (max) into a buffer of 512 bytes (by executing a request with an URL longer than 512 bytes).
It also runs 15 children process and use blocking socket, meaning that it's easily "DoS'able".
The overall code seems very "unsecure" and poorly designed.
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