linux-kernel - Fork bombing Attack

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Message-ID: <25ae38200705170025m23fe8ea9s81515ec8d1a0a137@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 12:55:53 +0530
From:	"Anand Jahagirdar" <anandjigar@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Fork bombing Attack

Dear Sir,
             I just want to know whether fork bombing attack still
exist on the machine having Distribution as Fedora Core 6 and Linux
Kernel 2.6.x.?

           additional Info :  I have set ulimit as 8000 and loged in
as Guest User on machine having Distribution as Fedora Core 6 and
Linux kernel 2.6.18. simple fork bombing program while(1) fork();
killed the box and machine needed reboot. will any body please tell me
why fork bombing attack killed the box even after setting ulimit as
8000?

Regards
Anand
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