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Posted to server-dev@james.apache.org by rd...@apache.org on 2008/04/04 23:50:17 UTC

svn commit: r644945 - /james/server/trunk/imap-codec-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/imapserver/codec/decode/main/DefaultImapDecoder.java

Author: rdonkin
Date: Fri Apr  4 14:50:15 2008
New Revision: 644945

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=644945&view=rev
Log:
Commented code

Modified:
    james/server/trunk/imap-codec-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/imapserver/codec/decode/main/DefaultImapDecoder.java

Modified: james/server/trunk/imap-codec-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/imapserver/codec/decode/main/DefaultImapDecoder.java
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/james/server/trunk/imap-codec-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/imapserver/codec/decode/main/DefaultImapDecoder.java?rev=644945&r1=644944&r2=644945&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- james/server/trunk/imap-codec-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/imapserver/codec/decode/main/DefaultImapDecoder.java (original)
+++ james/server/trunk/imap-codec-library/src/main/java/org/apache/james/imapserver/codec/decode/main/DefaultImapDecoder.java Fri Apr  4 14:50:15 2008
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
         }
         catch ( ProtocolException e ) {
             logger.debug("Cannot parse tag", e);
+            
+            // When the tag cannot be read, there is something seriously wrong.
+            // It is probably not possible to recover
+            // and (since this may indicate an attack) wiser not to try
             message = messageFactory.bye(HumanReadableTextKey.ILLEGAL_TAG);
         }
         return message;



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