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MANUAL: Under security, added note about +RTS option to limit heap size.

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See #5047.
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John MacFarlane 2018-11-15 10:10:40 -08:00
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@ -4885,6 +4885,9 @@ application, here are some things to keep in mind:
3. Pandoc's parsers can exhibit pathological performance on some 3. Pandoc's parsers can exhibit pathological performance on some
corner cases. It is wise to put any pandoc operations under corner cases. It is wise to put any pandoc operations under
a timeout, to avoid DOS attacks that exploit these issues. a timeout, to avoid DOS attacks that exploit these issues.
If you are using the pandoc executable, you can add the
command line options `+RTS -M512M -RTS` (for example) to limit
the heap size to 512MB.
4. The HTML generated by pandoc is not guaranteed to be safe. 4. The HTML generated by pandoc is not guaranteed to be safe.
If `raw_html` is enabled for the Markdown input, users can If `raw_html` is enabled for the Markdown input, users can