Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 18:49:41 -0500 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@telehouse.ch> Cc: Paul Saab <paul@mu.org>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@freebsd.org>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Green/Yellow/Red state for the VM system. Message-ID: <20001107184940.X37870@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <3A0892BB.4F399708@telehouse.ch>; from oppermann@telehouse.ch on Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 12:39:39AM %2B0100 References: <28041.973635706@critter> <3A088D1B.96157C0D@telehouse.ch> <20001107153343.A24788@elvis.mu.org> <3A0892BB.4F399708@telehouse.ch>
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On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 12:39:39AM +0100, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> OK, but would the right solution be to simply make more memory
> available? I doubt it. A bug is a bug and needs to be fixed not
> to be masked. Eventually it would fail just in a different place.
When you are being attacked / loosing resources to some big problem,
any memory you make available is going to be eaten by the bug / attack.
The trick is to change your behavior, not just use a bigger tool.
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Bill Fumerola - Lame Duck, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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