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Re: [suse-security] Classical DOS attack on Linux
- From: Boris Lorenz <bolo@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 15:33:57 +0100 (CET)
- Message-id: <XFMail.011219153357.bolo@xxxxxxx>
Yup,
On 19-Dec-01 Jurriaan Kalkman wrote:
[...]
>> Something for the kernel people to consider???!!!
>>
> Use ulimit to set sensible limits. If you don't, then don't
> be surprised when this happens. I rememeber Alan Cox saying
> something to this effect on this problem. It most certainly
> is not a kernel problem.
>
> Good luck,
> Jurriaan
You can also directly modify limits.h in the kernel include directory (usually
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/limits.h if you want to build a dedicated server
with local users. This way, you may save some time because you don't have to
set and administer soft limits on a per-user basis.
Boris Lorenz <bolo@xxxxxxx>
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On 19-Dec-01 Jurriaan Kalkman wrote:
[...]
>> Something for the kernel people to consider???!!!
>>
> Use ulimit to set sensible limits. If you don't, then don't
> be surprised when this happens. I rememeber Alan Cox saying
> something to this effect on this problem. It most certainly
> is not a kernel problem.
>
> Good luck,
> Jurriaan
You can also directly modify limits.h in the kernel include directory (usually
/usr/src/linux/include/linux/limits.h if you want to build a dedicated server
with local users. This way, you may save some time because you don't have to
set and administer soft limits on a per-user basis.
Boris Lorenz <bolo@xxxxxxx>
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