Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265538AbTF3RoD (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:44:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265564AbTF3RoD (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:44:03 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:37775 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265538AbTF3RoB (ORCPT ); Mon, 30 Jun 2003 13:44:01 -0400 Subject: Re: PTY DOS vulnerability? From: Alan Cox To: Fredrik Tolf Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200306301613.11711.fredrik@dolda2000.cjb.net> References: <200306301613.11711.fredrik@dolda2000.cjb.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1056995729.17590.19.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 30 Jun 2003 18:55:30 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 470 Lines: 13 On Llu, 2003-06-30 at 15:18, Fredrik Tolf wrote: > Shouldn't PTYs be a per-user resource limit? It depends to what degree you consider your users hostile. But yes its possibly one of the things to do per user counting on. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/