On Fri, Nov 16, 2007 at 10:39:46PM -0000, mnemo wrote: > Maybe ubuntu devs feel that a default limit is bad for some reason? If > so, one idea would be to allow the administrator to say "maximum X > processes can be created every Y seconds", such a feature could be use > to set a pretty non-intrusive default value that prevents crashes. This is already doable (see limits.conf suggestions above) and server administrators should be familiar with these settings.
> If there was a command one could run as a non-admin on Vista (or such) > to crash the whole box it would certainly not be dismissed as "user > should not do that" kind of problem, no? There certainly are identical denial-of-service exploits on all platforms. You can forkbomb under Windows (in fact it succumbs to nonresponse faster than Linux does) and do insane amounts of memory allocation, hold half-open connections, and so on. It is the job of the server administrator to set reasonable limits on resources based on the usage pattern of his users to avoid these kinds of problems. -- ubuntu freezes completely (all graphics and mouse) when executing shell ascii forkbomb https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/163185 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
