Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 23:03:23 -0500 From: Ryan <ryanpek@swbell.net> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel Panic Message-ID: <000901c109be$6e1a5420$45d8db40@mhx800> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0107102047420.261-100000@rlee.leefam.org>
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login.conf my boy.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert E. Lee" <rel@gulbransen.com> To: "Dag-Erling Smorgrav" <des@ofug.org> Cc: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>; <js43064n@pace.edu>; <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 10:54 PM Subject: Re: Kernel Panic > On 24 Jun 2001, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> writes: > > A disk error would not crash the system. Please stop spouting > > unfounded (though highly imaginative) bullshit. > > Not to get into a pissing contest, but I have had disk errors in the past > that made my system crash. > > On the original thread, when you have a local account on a box, you can > usually use this script as an effective DoS: > > $ more foo.sh > #!/bin/sh > > while [ 1 -eq 1 ]; do > find / -name foo & > done > > The default settings for most Unix OS's allow that type of script to > consume enough resources to make the system unusable. > > Robert E. Lee > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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