Mike Jeays wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
What does it do?
It is easier to understand when you replace the : by a more conventional
subroutine name.
myproc () {
myproc
myproc
}
myproc
It recursively generates useless processes that clog
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
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In response to Danielisz Laszlo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
Why not? It's just a fork() bomb.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
Defend from what? Make a policy that form() bombs are not funny and
launching
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
man login.conf
Josh
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On Sun 21 Oct 2007 12:10, Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
Wow,, my machine just crashed :-/
Does in this work on other OS's as well (ie. GNU/Linux)? Or just
(Free?)BSD? I
On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 12:10:02PM -0700, Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
rm /bin/sh
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On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 12:10:02PM -0700, Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
That's just a fork bomb. Try looking at tuning(7) and login.conf(5) to
reduce the maxproc limit
Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
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On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 06:44:18PM +0200, Martin Tournoij wrote:
On Sun 21 Oct 2007 12:10, Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
Wow,, my machine just crashed :-/
Does
On 10/22/07, Martin Tournoij [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun 21 Oct 2007 12:10, Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
Wow,, my machine just crashed :-/
Does in this work
In response to Martin Tournoij [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Sun 21 Oct 2007 12:10, Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
Wow,, my machine just crashed :-/
Does in this work on other
On October 22, 2007 12:44:18 pm Martin Tournoij wrote:
On Sun 21 Oct 2007 12:10, Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
Wow,, my machine just crashed :-/
Does in this work
On October 22, 2007 03:58:35 pm Rolf G Nielsen wrote:
Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
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On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 06:44:18PM +0200, Martin Tournoij wrote:
On Sun 21 Oct 2007 12:10, Danielisz Laszlo wrote:
Please do not try to execute this: :() { ::; } ;: on your BSD machine.
I ask all who already tried it how to defend from this?
Wow,, my machine just crashed :-/
Does
to defend from this?
Wow,, my machine just crashed :-/
Does in this work on other OS's as well (ie. GNU/Linux)? Or just
(Free?)BSD? I really don't feel like crashing another machine right
now...
Only works in sh, not in csh.
Anyway, this seems to be security/stability issue, maybe a PR
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