Re: forkbombing Linux distributions

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On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 12:00 +0200, Natanael Copa wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-03-30 at 19:40 +0200, Jacek Łuczak wrote:
> > 
> > I made some tests and almost all Linux distros brings down while freebsd 
> > survive!Forkbombing is a big problem but i don't think that something like

> I really liked this approach because:

Christ, why is this idiotic thread still going?  No one is going to
change the kernel, because the problem is trivial to solve in userspace!
Didn't you ever look up what a ulimit is?

If you consider your distro's default ulimits unreasonable, file a bug
report with them.  But no one is going to make Linux "restrictive by
default" to make life easier for people who don't bother to RTFM.

Lee


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