Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:41:45 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca> Cc: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, Stefan Bethke <stb@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Huge Bug in FreeBSD not fixed? Message-ID: <199808112141.OAA01202@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:21:28 PDT." <199808112121.OAA06041@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca>
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> > Actually, if you limit the number of processes per user, you can almost > > completely prevent it from happening (at least for regular users anyhow). > > Has anyone tested this to determine where the break point might be? This is a feature of the exploit. Others exist which aren't subject to the constraints that you're encountering here. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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