Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 08:06:10 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: up@3.am Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: login.conf and resource limits Message-ID: <4.1.19991105075939.04a79ec0@granite.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911042331170.8377-100000@richard2.pil.net> References: <38224635.260144868@mail.sentex.net>
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At 11:36 PM 11/4/99 , up@3.am wrote: > >I got news for you, that ain't going to stop the DoS. Compile and run >this code as a user from your shellu class It will crash your server, so >don't do it on a production box (BTW, I had checked the security list >archives and saw a thread on this, but no answers that worked): Yes, I know it does not prevent that... See the discussion in current as to the upcoming fix. There is also the mmap DOS. I believe there is a fix for that in Current, but not STABLE. It wasnt clear in your original post that you wanted to prvent this particular DOS, which is not possible right now. ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa, Network Admin * mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications Corp, * http://www.sentex.net/mike Cambridge, Ontario * 01.519.651.3400 Canada * To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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