From owner-freebsd-security Wed Sep 16 01:55:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA05082 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 01:55:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns0.fast.net.uk (ns0.fast.net.uk [194.207.104.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA05074 for ; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 01:55:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from netadmin@fastnet.co.uk) Received: from bofh.fast.net.uk (bofh.fast.net.uk [194.207.104.22]) by ns0.fast.net.uk (8.9.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA26852; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:55:33 +0100 (BST) Received: from bofh.fast.net.uk (bofh.fast.net.uk [194.207.104.22]) by bofh.fast.net.uk (8.9.1/8.8.8) with SMTP id JAA04833; Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:55:31 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from netadmin@fastnet.co.uk) Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 09:55:31 +0100 (BST) From: Jay Tribick X-Sender: netadmin@bofh.fast.net.uk To: ben@rosengart.com cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: grep ohdear /dev/zero in a tight loop freezes FreeBSD && OpenBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org | > 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 -- [| Network Admin | FastNet International | http://fast.net.uk/ |] [| Finger netadmin@fastnet.co.uk for contact info & PGP PubKey |] [| +44 (0)1273 T: 677633 F: 621631 e: netadmin@fast.net.uk |] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message