Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 May 2007 12:55:53 +0530 | From | "Anand Jahagirdar" <> | Subject | Fork bombing Attack |
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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?
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