linux-kernel - Re: Fork bombing Attack

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Date:	Thu, 17 May 2007 11:39:54 +0400
From:	"Marat Buharov" <marat.buharov@...il.com>
To:	"Anand Jahagirdar" <anandjigar@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fork bombing Attack

May be because Mars was in Scorpio?

On 5/17/07, Anand Jahagirdar <anandjigar@...il.com> wrote:
> 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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