Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:35:23 -0600 | From | yodaiken@fsmlabs ... | Subject | Re: the new VMt |
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On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 09:23:48PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > my prediction is that if you show me an example of > > DoS vulnerability, I can show you fix that does not require bean counting. > > Am I wrong? > > I think so. Page tables are a good example
I'm not too sure of what you have in mind, but if it is "process creates vast virtual space to generate many page table entries -- using mmap" the answer is, virtual address space quotas and mmap should kill the process on low mem for page tables.
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