[K12OSN] Is Fedora fork bomb attack vulnerable?

[Les Mikesell]

On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 14:43, Dan Young wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 13:14 -0600, Doug Simpson wrote:
> > No is not vulnerable, or
> > No it is not protected?
> 
> The "problem" seems to be rather overblown:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-March/msg01150.html
> 
> On a terminal server, this is a people problem which should be fixed w/
> people solutions, not technical ones. In my opinion...

There is just not a good default setting.  It is probably more likely
that a linux install will be on a single-user pc where that user
wants unlimited use of the available resources than on a multiuser
box.  If you want to limit resource usage you still can with ulimit
settings.

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  Les Mikesell
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