Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: NT vulnerable to attack on CPU | Date | Mon, 23 Dec 1996 11:09:04 -0500 (EST) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> Hum, I wouldn't go there... Last I recall, Linux had the same problem with > this bit of code, spawning processes exponentially until system grinds to a > halt... > > main() { > while(1) { > fork(); > } > } > > Seems to be a problem with many OSs... Is Linux going to address CPU usage > limit?
The "fork bomb" above is completely harmless on a Linux system with user limits set. Please refer to the HUNDREDS of messages on this same topic on linux-kernel and elsewhere.
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
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