Still works in 12.04, seems like making some sort of default limit would
be a good idea maybe?
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This security issue is still possible in 9.10!! Please add some limit
into /etc/security/limits.conf as a default value to prevent this.
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It seems that there is no limit for "max user processes" by default. So
Fork-Bombs [1] are still possible. They are used by M$-Junkies to show
that there are still problems with linux. Please fix it in
/etc/security/limits.conf by default.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb
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I really wonder whether there is a reason all GNU/Linux distributions I
am aware of, even those meant for servers or enterprise use, don't take
care of this by default!
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