Just review the thread:
>. Look, here is a little script, which allows any user
to perform a DoS attack!
<. Khmm, yes indeed, but you can remove any user who does
this.
>. But shouldn't the system be able to sustain/detect this
sort of attack?
[... Nice theoretical discussion is skipped. ...]
<. No, it is your responsibility as a sysop, do not give
accounts to those you don't trust.
>. Oh, well, but what about public-shell systems?
<. Public shell systems are a bad idea!
>. Just because FreeBSD can not handle it, does not mean the
task itself is a bad idea...
<. [Now we are all upset, flames start to light the sky]:
. FreeBSD handles this here and here!
. No OS will handle it quite right...
. You just need to be a better sysop.
>. Sorry, no offense meant...
Why don't we admit this possibility exists (as well as many others,
perhaps) for a local user to cause a DoS and may be someday someone
will address it?
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