Re: Possible parsing dos problem

[Paul Jarc]

rskaliotis@andover.edu wrote:
> The string :(){ :|:;:&};: causes problems when run in a bash shell. The error
> message "bash: fork: Resource temporarily unavailable" is displayed until you
> kill the "script." While this is running, it appears to be a DOS attack
> preventing every other user on the machine from running commands.

Right.  bash is creating as many processes and pipes as it can, just
like you told it to do.  Solution: don't do that.  It's just like
"rm -rf /".


paul