Re: Local system security

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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!)
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