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    SubjectRe: Forking shell bombs

    HP/UX and some other systems, have kernel parameters that can be set for
    max number of processes, and or threads. I'm not a big fan of it myself,
    since there are instances where it would appear to be a 'fork attack' but
    be legitimate threads or forks.

    Not to mention it is just tacky... A better solution is:

    Know thy users, .... and thy baseball bat.

    -- Sir Ace

    On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Ryan Underwood wrote:

    >
    > Hi,
    >
    > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 04:43:18PM -0400, jhigdon wrote:
    > >
    > > Have you tried this on any 2.5.x kernels? Just curious to see what it
    > > does, I plan on giving it a go later.
    >
    > I haven't, but a previous poster indicated that they had (2.5.74) with
    > the same results.
    >
    > I wonder if we could find an upper limit on the number of allowable
    > processes that would leave the box in a workable state? Unfortunately,
    > I don't have a spare box to test such things on at the moment. ;)
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
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