[wplug] Rumors

[Vance Kochenderfer]

billpwl1 <billpwl1 at verizon.net> wrote:
> Bill,   Maybe you could add to the talk what configuration changes need 
> to be made to prevent the fork bomb attacks as discussed in other 
> threads here this week?

My understanding from reading the comments at
<http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/308> is that it's not a kernel
problem, it's a distribution problem.  Many Linux distributions (and
apparently, many versions of AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX) don't have any
user limits set by default.  You can change this as described here
<http://www.userlocal.com/security/secpam.php> among other places.

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