[arch-dev-public] Fwd: limits.conf and fork bombing

[Tobias Powalowski]

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Betreff: 	limits.conf and fork bombing
Datum: 	Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:15:26 +0200
Von: 	M0Rf30 <morf3089 at gmail.com>
An: 	tpowa at archlinux.org



Could you insert a string into /etc/security/limits.conf to prevent a
fork bombing attack?
An example:
*                hard    nproc          300
Thanks
Best Regards
Gianluca Boiano

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