Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> however if a limited
> user is able to take down a box we want to hear about it.
Take a look at my posting with "VM DOS attack" subject.
-Maxim
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On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Luke wrote:
> I have been trying to figure out a sane method of stopping this one:
> while(1) {
> fork();
> }
>
> on a machine with no limits the load went to 290+ I tried fiddling with
> limits and got it down to making the load 2-3 but the limits are ridiculous.
> I didn't
I seem to recall allowing a limit for max processes when I was looking at
fork bombs back in '95 ... ahh the memories.
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I have been trying to figure out a sane method of stopping this one:
while(1) {
fork();
}
on a machine with no limits the load went to 290+ I tried fiddling with
limits and got it down to making the load 2-3 but the limits are ridiculous.
I didn't look in mail archives so sorry if this has been d