From owner-freebsd-current Mon Feb 1 20:34:28 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA07121 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:34:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [209.157.86.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA07115 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:34:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.2/8.9.1) id UAA31836; Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:34:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:34:24 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199902020434.UAA31836@apollo.backplane.com> To: Robert Watson Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap_page_getswapspace failed (don't do stupid things with /dev/mem) References: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG : :So this probably works for non-root users on files like /dev/zero that can :produce as much data as you might be interested in, suggesting a fun :denial of service attack for the bored and/or insane. : : Robert N Watson : :Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ :TIS Labs at Network Associates, Inc. http://www.tis.com/ :SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ Presumably the datasize limit can be used restrict the size of the process. -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message