Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Dumb question: Why are exceptions such as SIGSEGV not logged | | From | Doug McNaught <> | | Date | 16 Aug 2003 19:17:29 -0400 |
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"David D. Hagood" <wowbagger@sktc.net> writes:
> Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > > > Consider this code: > > char *foo = 0; > > sigset(SIGSEGV,SIG_IGNORE); > > for(;;) { *foo = '\5'; } > > Your logfiles just got DoS'ed.... > > > Why not then just log uncaught exceptions?
You can still DoS by forking repeatedly and having the child die with SEGV...
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