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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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silly comment 2005-03-18
Anonymous
Yes, use ulimit. That's the point. The system should be enforcing ulimits on the shells of non-root users. Do you seriously think an attacker is going to be nice enough to use ulimit on their shell to prevent themselves from bringing your machine down? They should not have a choice, root should ...

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