Subject: Re: Fork bomb protection patch
To: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/06/2002 17:29:38
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Daniel Carosone wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 06:49:32PM -0500, Lord Isildur wrote:
> > exactly. stop 'em first so they cant keep forking, and then pick them off
> > at your leisure.
>
> Pardon me - isn't that what the sleep part of this change does for you?

Yes and no.

While the sleep part will do that, you don't need the sleep part to
achieve it.

i.e. you can still stop them even w/o the sleep.

Take care,

Bill