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Date:      Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:55:31 +0100 (BST)
From:      Jay Tribick <netadmin@fastnet.co.uk>
To:        ben@rosengart.com
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: grep ohdear /dev/zero in a tight loop freezes FreeBSD && OpenBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980916095428.4790C-100000@bofh.fast.net.uk>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.02.9809151534100.16842-100000@echonyc.com>

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| > The resource limits are fine for protecting against things
| > like fork() rabbits etc. but for some reason the above
| > overrides them.
| 
| I just get "grep: memory exhausted" and my system is fine.
| 
| This is with 3.0-current as of a few days ago.

Hmm.. I've tried it a few different ways with various restrictions
and each time it manages to completely freeze my box. Anyone
else out there tried it on a 3.0 system (i don't run 3.x on
mine)?

Regards,

Jay Tribick <netadmin@fastnet.co.uk>
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