On Thu, 17 May 2007 12:55:53 +0530 "Anand Jahagirdar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Sir, > I just want to know whether fork bombing attack still > exist on the machine having Distribution as Fedora Core 6 and Linux > Kernel 2.6.x.? > > additional Info : I have set ulimit as 8000 and loged in > as Guest User on machine having Distribution as Fedora Core 6 and > Linux kernel 2.6.18. simple fork bombing program while(1) fork(); > killed the box and machine needed reboot. will any body please tell me > why fork bombing attack killed the box even after setting ulimit as > 8000? Did you set a sensible per user process limit and what swap/memory setup do you have. If you have sensible per user process limits and zero overcommit setup you shouldn't be able to do anything beyond soak up a lot of CPU time. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/