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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# attack the test server and try to make it fall over
+#
+SERVER=127.0.0.1
+PORT=7681
+LOG=/tmp/lwslog
+
+CPID=
+LEN=0
+
+function check {
+	kill -0 $CPID
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+		echo "(killed it) *******"
+		exit 1
+	fi
+	dd if=$LOG bs=1 skip=$LEN 2>/dev/null
+	LEN=`stat $LOG -c %s`
+}
+
+
+rm -rf $LOG
+killall libwebsockets-test-server 2>/dev/null
+libwebsockets-test-server -d31 2>> $LOG &
+CPID=$!
+
+while [ -z "`grep Listening $LOG`" ] ; do
+	sleep 0.5s
+done
+check
+
+echo
+echo "---- spam enough crap to not be GET"
+echo "not GET" | nc $SERVER $PORT
+check
+
+echo
+echo "---- spam more than the name buffer of crap"
+dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=80 2>/dev/null | nc -i1s $SERVER $PORT
+check
+
+echo
+echo "---- spam 10MB of crap"
+dd if=/dev/urandom bs=1 count=655360 | nc -i1s $SERVER $PORT
+check
+
+echo
+echo "---- malformed URI"
+echo "GET nonsense................................................................................................................" \
+	| nc -i1s $SERVER $PORT
+check
+
+echo
+echo "---- missing URI"
+echo -e "GET HTTP/1.1\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a" | nc -i1s $SERVER $PORT >/tmp/lwscap
+check
+
+echo
+echo "---- repeated method"
+echo -e "GET blah HTTP/1.1\x0d\x0aGET blah HTTP/1.1\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a" | nc $SERVER $PORT >/tmp/lwscap 
+check
+
+echo
+echo "---- crazy header name part"
+echo -e "GET blah HTTP/1.1\x0d\x0a................................................................................................................" \
+	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ | nc -i1s $SERVER $PORT
+check
+
+echo
+echo "---- excessive uri content"
+echo -e "GET ................................................................................................................" \
+	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ | nc -i1s $SERVER $PORT
+check
+
+echo
+echo "---- good request but http payload coming too (should be ignored and test.html served)"
+echo -e "GET blah HTTP/1.1\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0aILLEGAL-PAYLOAD........................................" \
+	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+ 	"......................................................................................................................." \
+	 | nc $SERVER $PORT | sed '1,/^\r$/d'> /tmp/lwscap
+check
+diff /tmp/lwscap /usr/share/libwebsockets-test-server/test.html > /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+	echo "FAIL: got something other than test.html back"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "---- directory attack"
+rm -f /tmp/lwscap
+echo -e "GET ../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a" | nc $SERVER $PORT | sed '1,/^\r$/d'> /tmp/lwscap
+check
+diff /tmp/lwscap /usr/share/libwebsockets-test-server/test.html > /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
+	echo "FAIL: got something other than test.html back"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo
+echo "--- survived"
+kill -2 $CPID
+