Maybe PAM offer some features for this anders
# -----Original Message----- # From: Thedore Knab [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] # Sent: 31. januar 2002 19:22 # To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # Subject: fork bomb protection # # # I am an admin of a Debian woody Linux box for computer science majors. # # The machine is running the 2.4.17 kernel with iptables and quotas. # # Although I have spent a lot of time securing things, I still # fear that fork bombs may kill the box. # # Is there a way in the 2.4.17 kernel to prevent fork bombs # from crashing a system ? # # I fear the students from the Operating Systems class. # # Ted Knab # # # -- # To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact # [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

