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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2000 16:50:55 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "Chris D. Faulhaber" <jedgar@fxp.org>
To:        Roman Shterenzon <roman@harmonic.co.il>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: your mail
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008161650040.27825-100000@pawn.primelocation.net>
In-Reply-To: <966430591.399a8f7f98837@webmail.harmonic.co.il>

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On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Roman Shterenzon wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> In the shipping param.c file the maxfilesperproc is made equal to overall
> maxfiles, e.g. kern.maxfiles=kern.maxfilesperproc.
> This creates a possibility of DoS, or I'm missing something?
> Perhaps it's better to leave some minimal window for other processes?
> Or even make it fraction of maxfiles?
> 

Or properly configure login classes so lusers cannot reach maxfiles

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