Fork Bomb and why it doesn't happen on BSDs

[William Hooper]

Ow Mun Heng said:
[snip]
> The author then compares the results with that of BSD eg: OpenBSD and
> FreeBSD IIRC, and notes that on a system with Pentium 90 w/ 32MB Ram, on
> using the forkbomb, doesn't bring the system down to it's knees.

Following the discussion on the -devel list, the BSDs aren't immune.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-March/msg01201.html

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William Hooper