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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!sol.net!spool.mu.edu!newsspool.sol.net!howland.erols.net!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!newbabylon.rs.itd.umich.edu!not-for-mail From: Timothy Watson <tmwatson@toast.ccs.itd.umich.edu> Newsgroups: comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux needs more work to be done! Date: 09 Jul 1997 21:27:55 -0400 Organization: What am I doing? Lines: 13 Message-ID: <xdobu4b7l2c.fsf@toast.ccs.itd.umich.edu> References: <5oqbad$1582@ds2.acs.ucalgary.ca> <5pksev$jr6@balrog.ank.com> <xdobu4he7a3.fsf@muffin.rs.itd.umich.edu> <5pm4jt$73@zwei.siemens.at> <5q0hg9$ldq@menudo.uh.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: toast.ccs.itd.umich.edu X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.4.37/XEmacs 19.15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:9734 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44201 comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc:1315 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:65376 comp.os.linux.x:66205 comp.os.linux.setup:120521 comp.os.linux.advocacy:104953 luis@menudo.uh.edu (Network Voyager) writes: > What is a forkbomb? > > > >so i would say latest Linux cannot be killed via forkbombs. You didn't use a shell that was linked against a dynamic loader, did you? - And that is a BIG statement - I wouldn't go that far. -- ________________________________________________________________________ T i m o t h y W a t s o n tmwatson@junkmail.umich.edu (get rid of junkmail!) __/| Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down