A role model for security. Almost.

A role model for security. Almost.
Jason Miller, 2005-06-08

Mark Burnett beat me to it. I was planning to write an article on the relationship between good security and paranoia in the not too distant future. However, it appears that at least one other SecurityFocus columnist shares some of my theories on good security. Either that, or he's somehow capable of reading my mind. Paranoia is generally a good thing to have. Regardless, Mark's article got me wondering about what other traits are valuable in the quest for good security.

Re: A Role Model for Security. Almost. 2005-06-29
Matthew Murphy

Wrong. While "everybody" may know that you don't give gigabytes of VM to an application *unless you have such resources to burn*, you have to look at the purpose of system rlimits.

Resource limits were designed fundamentally, to avoid allowing a single *local* user to utilize a disproportionate ...

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