On 2001.11.04 16:25 Steven Lawrance wrote:
> I love Linux as much as anyone here, but to put things in perspective, how
> about this:
>
> void main(void) {
> while (1)
> fork();
> }
>
You can use ulimit and pam to limit max amount of
processes, memory usage, max filedescriptors, etc etc.
A default installation of "any" distrubution and I think
most operating systems are unsafe for DoS floods like
this.
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