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# From: Thedore Knab [mailto:t...@annapolislinux.org]
# Sent: 31. januar 2002 19:22
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# Subject: fork bomb protection
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# I am an admin of a Debian woody Linux box for computer science majors.
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# The machine is running the 2.4.17 kernel with iptables and quotas.
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# Although I have spent a lot of time securing things, I still
# fear that fork bombs may kill the box.
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# Is there a way in the 2.4.17 kernel to prevent fork bombs
# from crashing a system ?
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# I fear the students from the Operating Systems class.
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# Ted Knab
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I first packaged the kernel patch for that in November last year. I have
since passed it on to Jonathan McDowell. See
http://www.earth.li/~noodles/grsec/ .
> but ulimit can also do wonders...
Ulimit is that this person needs.
> > I fear the students from the Operating Systems class.
>
> everyone does. and every students fears the operating systems class :)
Wimps. When in OS class I killed two major time-sharing machines (the main
staff machine and the main student machine) on a Friday night. The student
machine was down for the entire weekend and caused dozens of students to be
unable to complete their assignments on time. ;)
I'd like to teach an OS class at uni. I'd divide the class into two groups.
One group of sys-admins the other hostile-users, then they change sides at
half time. It would be fun for everyone!
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