Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Mar 2002 23:09:03 +0100 | Subject | Re: fork() DoS? | From | (Erik Tews) |
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On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 09:16:00AM -0600, Little, John wrote: > I'm really not a programmer, just learning, but was able to bring the system > to it's knees. This is a redhat 7.2 kernel. Is there anyway of preventing > this?
There are some kernel-patches existing which limit the number of allowed forks per second. But there is a much shorter way for launching a forkbomb:
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