Re: [xml-dev] New release (2.8) of XSV

Daniel Veillard <daniel@veillard.com> writes:

> libxml2 regexps used counters since day 1 for min/maxoccurs implementation.
> The explosion didn't look a supportable alternative to me as it opens
> the door to trivial DoS attacks or forces to break the schemas validation
> which is also a big problem if you consider schemas as a contract between
> two communicating parties.

I would be very interested, as I'm sure would others, in a description
of your algorithm.

ht
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