Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [2.4.18] Security: Process-Killer if machine get's out of memory | Date | Sun, 24 Mar 2002 18:23:48 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Well, I think could be worth in terms of security, because a local user c= > ould=20 > use a bad memory-eating program to produce an Denial of Service of other=20 > processes. > > Unfortunately detecting a program, written to cause harm is harder than=20 > detecting a crazy program.
Its not about detection its about containment. Thats what the beancounter patches covered. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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