From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Apr 5 10:10:54 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0431537B401 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:10:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.net [213.165.65.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DDD1F43FA3 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:10:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blueeskimo@gmx.net) Received: (qmail 13273 invoked by uid 65534); 5 Apr 2003 18:10:51 -0000 Received: from i216-58-29-174.gta.igs.net (EHLO [216.58.29.174]) (216.58.29.174) by mail.gmx.net (mp007-rz3) with SMTP; 05 Apr 2003 20:10:51 +0200 From: Adam To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1049566249.91991.18.camel@jake> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4 Date: 05 Apr 2003 13:10:49 -0500 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Protecting against fork bombs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 18:10:54 -0000 In light of the recent problems with cyclic Xft dependencies, it has become painfully obvious how quickly a fork bomb can bring my computer to a complete halt. Does FreeBSD provide any solutions for protecting against fork bombs? When I tried installing Mozilla yesterday morning, the explosion of 'make' processes brought my box to it's knees in minutes. I'd really like a way of protecting myself from something like this happening again. -- Adam