new safety feature displays a warning message and locks down RPC if it detects a problem that may require an upgrade

-- version 0.3.8

git-svn-id: https://bitcoin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/bitcoin/trunk@122 1a98c847-1fd6-4fd8-948a-caf3550aa51b

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rpc.cpp b/rpc.cpp
index 52bdece3b0..f63e6b8355 100644
--- a/rpc.cpp
+++ b/rpc.cpp
@@ -946,6 +946,10 @@ void ThreadRPCServer2(void* parg)
 

                 printf("ThreadRPCServer method=%s\n", strMethod.c_str());

 

+                // Observe lockdown

+                if (IsLockdown() && strMethod != "help" && strMethod != "stop" && strMethod != "getgenerate" && strMethod != "setgenerate")

+                    throw runtime_error("WARNING: Displayed transactions may not be correct!  You may need to upgrade.");

+

                 // Execute

                 map<string, rpcfn_type>::iterator mi = mapCallTable.find(strMethod);

                 if (mi == mapCallTable.end())