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diff --git a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
index 729c590b5c..d44e4a6bdf 100644
--- a/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
+++ b/src/bitcoinrpc.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
// Copyright (c) 2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
-// Copyright (c) 2011 The Bitcoin developers
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers
// Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying
// file license.txt or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
@@ -2161,16 +2161,23 @@ void ThreadRPCServer2(void* parg)
strRPCUserColonPass = mapArgs["-rpcuser"] + ":" + mapArgs["-rpcpassword"];
if (strRPCUserColonPass == ":")
{
+ unsigned char rand_pwd[32];
+ RAND_bytes(rand_pwd, 32);
string strWhatAmI = "To use bitcoind";
if (mapArgs.count("-server"))
strWhatAmI = strprintf(_("To use the %s option"), "\"-server\"");
else if (mapArgs.count("-daemon"))
strWhatAmI = strprintf(_("To use the %s option"), "\"-daemon\"");
PrintConsole(
- _("Error: %s, you must set rpcpassword=<password>\nin the configuration file: %s\n"
+ _("Error: %s, you must set a rpcpassword in the configuration file:\n %s\n"
+ "It is recommended you use the following random password:\n"
+ "rpcuser=bitcoinrpc\n"
+ "rpcpassword=%s\n"
+ "(you do not need to remember this password)\n"
"If the file does not exist, create it with owner-readable-only file permissions.\n"),
strWhatAmI.c_str(),
- GetConfigFile().c_str());
+ GetConfigFile().c_str(),
+ EncodeBase58(&rand_pwd[0],&rand_pwd[0]+32).c_str());
#ifndef QT_GUI
CreateThread(Shutdown, NULL);
#endif
@@ -2259,12 +2266,14 @@ void ThreadRPCServer2(void* parg)
}
if (!HTTPAuthorized(mapHeaders))
{
- // Deter brute-forcing short passwords
- if (mapArgs["-rpcpassword"].size() < 15)
- Sleep(50);
+ printf("ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt from %s\n",peer.address().to_string().c_str());
+ /* Deter brute-forcing short passwords.
+ If this results in a DOS the user really
+ shouldn't have their RPC port exposed.*/
+ if (mapArgs["-rpcpassword"].size() < 20)
+ Sleep(250);
stream << HTTPReply(401, "") << std::flush;
- printf("ThreadRPCServer incorrect password attempt\n");
continue;
}