Re: Linux + bash and a silver fork

[Nico Golde <fd () ngolde de>]

Hi,
* Niko Lilja <niko.lilja () gmail com> [2007-08-27 20:04]:
> Well, as has been said when you realize the truth that there is no spoon,
> but instead there'll be a
> bunch of forks instead, at least in linux on bash shell, tested ubuntu and
> RHEL this far.
>
> By throwing a nice piece of line code as a command in bash shell (normal
> user) you can pretty much
> crash the whole server cause denial of service by giving a command in bash:
>
> :() { :&:; } ;:

OMG breaking news!!!!oneone!!1eleven!
Ever heard about system limits? ;-P
Cheers
Nico
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