Date: Sun, 5 Sep 1999 14:42:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FW: Local DoS in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199909051842.OAA28577@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909050751280.86690-100000@janus.syracuse.net> References: <199909050312.XAA26309@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909050751280.86690-100000@janus.syracuse.net>
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<<On Sun, 5 Sep 1999 07:54:40 -0400 (EDT), "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> said: > Err... But some users need lots of of file descriptors and/or processes. > That would still leave this hole open. Don't give those resources to untrusted users. (And while you're at it, how about fixing the code that causes a panic here rather than failing gracefully?) -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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