@headcrack !GNUsocial stalls because the underlying HTTPS request never times out, which only happens with PHP sockets as the backend for HTTP_Request2 and not with the CURL backend. This is reproducible outside of the GNUsocial framework as well: http://status.hackerposse.com/url/15690 I am fully aware of the snail-pace type DoS attack and that's why there is a "full…