Re: [Full-disclosure] Linux + bash and a silver fork

[Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent discovery!

I think you should call it a "fork bomb"!

;-)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_bomb



Niko Lilja wrote:
> Well, as has been said when you realize the truth that there is no 
> spoon, but instead there'll be a
> bunch of forks instead, at least in linux on bash shell, tested ubuntu 
> and RHEL this far.
> 
> By throwing a nice piece of line code as a command in bash shell (normal 
> user) you can pretty much
> crash the whole server cause denial of service by giving a command in bash:
> 
> :() { :&:; } ;:
> 
> 
> Almost as the ascii would be smiling..
> 
> - N
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/

_______________________________________________
Full-Disclosure - We believe in it.
Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html
Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/