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Date:      Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:41:45 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>
Cc:        Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, Stefan Bethke <stb@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Huge Bug in FreeBSD not fixed? 
Message-ID:  <199808112141.OAA01202@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 11 Aug 1998 14:21:28 PDT." <199808112121.OAA06041@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> 

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> >   Actually, if you limit the number of processes per user, you can almost
> > completely prevent it from happening (at least for regular users anyhow).
> 
> Has anyone tested this to determine where the break point might be?

This is a feature of the exploit.  Others exist which aren't subject to 
the constraints that you're encountering here.

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