Linux Patches Aim To Provide Fork'ing Brute Force Attack Mitigation

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Linux Patches AIm To Provide Fork'ing Brute Force Attack Mitigation

Building off a set of "request for comments" patches from September, a set of patches were sent out on Sunday for providing brute force attack mitigation around the fork system call...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Patches-Fork-Brute-Force

[tildearrow]

Oh no Michael you made a typo :<

AIm

Suggestion: Delete the article and repost so that the Phoronix bot creates a fixed thread

[boxie]

I wonder if this would stop the infamous bash fork bomb

[uid313]

I wonder if this would stop the infamous bash fork bomb

I don't think so, because the children don't die, they just keep spawning more processes.

[elatllat]

OR we could have memory safety and stop mitigation bloat.

[pal666]

OR we could have memory safety and stop mitigation bloat.

or we could have a pony

[elatllat]

or we could have a pony

Already had that, they are susceptible to infections just like the
OSs available today.

[pal666]

Already had that, they are susceptible to infections just like the
OSs available today.

best thing about imaginary oses is they could have any desired features

[elatllat]

best thing about imaginary oses is they could have any desired features

Don't be an abstract tangent bot; memory safety is achievable at relatively low cost.