Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:18:22 +0200 | | From | Jacek Luczak <> | | Subject | Re: forkbombing Linux distributions |
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Natanael Copa napisał(a): > On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 12:11 -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > >>Didn't you ever look up what a ulimit is? > > > ofcourse i did. I just think that ulimit (or other userspace tools) > should be used to *raise* the limit if you need more. Not the reverse. > > >>If you consider your distro's default ulimits unreasonable, file a bug >>report with them. But no one is going to make Linux "restrictive by >>default" to make life easier for people who don't bother to RTFM. > > > I already suggested ulimit solutions for my distro. They think that if > this is needed the kernel dev's would do something (ie its a kernel > problem) while the kernel dev's says this is a userspace prob. > > I wouldn't bother if this was a problem for one or two distros only. > Now, almost all distros seems to be vulnerable by default. > > I wouldn't bother if other *nixes would set this limit in userspace. > (the BSD's set the limit lower in kernel and let users who need more > raise with userland tools) > > I wouldn't bother if this wouldn't give Linux a bad reputation. > > I'm Sorry if I made some people upset. > > -- > Natanael Copa > > You have absolutely right!!! Even if 'good' ulimit is set there isn't anything bad in adding ulimit-like mechanism into kernel.
Long live ... hmm... kernel, not ulimit:)
Best regards, Jacek
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