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Date:      Tue, 27 May 2014 11:43:37 -0700
From:      "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: NEVERMIND!
Message-ID:  <5833.1401216217@server1.tristatelogic.com>
In-Reply-To: <867g57bq9o.fsf@nine.des.no>

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In message <867g57bq9o.fsf@nine.des.no>, 
=?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> wrote:

>"Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> writes:
>> So should I file a PR on this, or what?
>
>*shrug*
>
>I think this falls under the same heading as a fork bomb -

Ah!  But unlike unlimited syslogging, there _is_ already something
in place that limits the damage from a "fork bomb":

% limits
Resource limits (current):
  ...
  maxprocesses             5547        <=====================
  ...




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