Re: forkbombing Linux distributions

[Jan Engelhardt]

>If so, forkbomb doesnt cause much problem like they said, since
>eventually it would be killed once it reach the limit of memory. the
>system will recover automatically after awhile.

I doubt that! Maybe OOM strikes one process out, but as already said, when 
that happens, it makes room for further spawns.



Jan Engelhardt
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