Truncate over-size messages to prevent a memory exhaustion attack.
So that's what was happening. I thought my node kept crashing because I just hadn't allocated enough to memory to the VM it was running in. 
Topic: Bitcoin-Qt / bitcoind version 0.8.3 released - page 3. (Read 13409 times)
Cool!
I look forward to seeing what you create in the heat and rain of far north Queensland Australia:)
I look forward to seeing what you create in the heat and rain of far north Queensland Australia:)
May we all remember the temporary solutions and keep an eye toward the future where Bitcoin is open and accessible to all. Thank you for all your work.
Thanks for the continued excellent work.
Nice update. Thanks for this. Bitcoin-Qt continues to be one of my favorite wallets.
Bitcoin-Qt version 0.8.3 is now available from:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.3/
This is a maintenance release to fix a denial-of-service attack that
can cause nodes to crash.
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
0.8.3 Release notes
Truncate over-size messages to prevent a memory exhaustion attack.
Fix a regression that causes excessive re-writing of the 'peers.dat' file.
Thanks to Peter Todd for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability
( CVE-2013-4627 ) and creating a fix.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitcoin/files/Bitcoin/bitcoin-0.8.3/
This is a maintenance release to fix a denial-of-service attack that
can cause nodes to crash.
Please report bugs using the issue tracker at github:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues
0.8.3 Release notes
Truncate over-size messages to prevent a memory exhaustion attack.
Fix a regression that causes excessive re-writing of the 'peers.dat' file.
Thanks to Peter Todd for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability
( CVE-2013-4627 ) and creating a fix.
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