Forkbomb??

Myles Green rmg57 at telus.net
Fri Mar 18 14:23:04 CST 2005


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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:10:01 +0000
Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 18, 2005 at 07:26:58PM +0100, Michael Anckaert wrote:
> > I just read an article on SecurityFocus about how forkbombs can
> > still
> > affect modern day distributions.
> 
> Set a sensible ulimit to prevent such problems.

Such as and how? Please and thanks.

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