On 20 Mar 2005, at 19:46, Les Mikesell wrote:
Well, OK - don't get hacked. A fork bomb is one of the least destructive things a hacker could do once in. Keep your system updated and you are unlikely to have a vulnerability exploited. Keep your password to yourself, don't write it down, and don't use it over public unencrypted connections.
I agree... a fork-bomb is a local attack, which is far more powerful than remote attacks, although fork-bomb can only deny service. Once an attacker gets local access to your machine, you're in a very bad position. On point of defense-in-depth is to keep bad guys from gaining local access.
Anyways, I think quotas should be enforced on nearly every system, except maybe workstations.
