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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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simple fork bomb? 2005-03-17
Jason V. Miller (Author)
"Then don't blame the distribution or the kernel."

Should I not blame Microsoft for running services by default that allow remote compromise? Sure, the severity of this attack is much different, but you're still dealing with something that can and should be fixed by the developers.

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