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Linux Kernel Security, Again
Jason Miller, 2005-03-16

It's a sad day when an ancient fork bomb attack can still take down most of the latest Linux distributions.

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Intended use dictates the limits 2005-03-17
Erik Keller
I have to agree with most of the comments here, setting an artificial limit to the number of processes cannot be done in a "one size fits all" manner. And while testing things, I don't want the kernel telling me: "You are not allowed to spawn/fork another process, mate. Change the settings."
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