On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Adam Jackson <ajax@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > But prevention of DoS on the part of local actors is just not a game you > can win. ÂIf nothing else, remember that the way Linux implements > malloc() assumes you have infinite memory, which means you overcommit > resources, which means failure happens. ÂYou can write code that [snip] # echo 2 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory # echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_ratio :) (and good luck with that!) -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel