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explain why CheckPassword happens in client thread

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Jeremy Latt 2014-03-15 15:12:29 -07:00
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irc/client.go
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@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ func (client *Client) run() {
checkPass, ok := command.(checkPasswordCommand)
if ok {
checkPass.LoadPassword(client.server)
// Block the client thread while handling a potentially expensive
// password bcrypt operation. Since the server is single-threaded
// for commands, we don't want the server to perform the bcrypt,
// blocking anyone else from sending commands until it
// completes. This could be a form of DoS if handled naively.
checkPass.CheckPassword()
}