At 04:23 PM 9/21/99 , Kip Macy wrote:
>Thanks. Although having maxfiles == maxfilesperproc might make sense for
>special cases e.g. a machine completely dedicated to one process -- It is
>dangerous at best for the general case. Any malicious program can make a
>machine running FreeBSD non-functional. The default should be set with the
>average user in mind, namely protecting him from himself.
>
>
> -Kip
But adjusting maxfilesperproc > maxfiles won't protect you from a malicious
process or user any more than having maxfilesperproc == maxfiles. Just
fork() or run two (or more) processes that open all the file handles. Same
result, right?
-Bryan
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