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Re: Linux sockets

• Posted by Robert Szalay <robsz1 at netzero.net> Nov 09, 2002
• 687 views

But,
    If you are doing cgi, the server has limits set and will kill the script
after a period of time(usually anywhere from 30 - 300 seconds)  to help keep
this from happening.

Regards,
    Robert Szalay


----- Original Message -----
From: <irv at take.maxleft.com>
Subject: RE: Linux sockets


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> Martin Stachon wrote:
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> > You shouldn't be able to nuke a Linux box unless you are root or a
> > hacker 
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> Depends on your definition of 'nuke'.
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> It's possible to write a loop that will use 99.99% of the CPU cycles,
> and almost as easy to write a loop that will eat up all memory,
> plus all virtual memory. Either way, that effectively stops all other
> processes, including any chance to kill your runaway Euphoria program.
> Any user can do this, root permission is not required.
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> I have had Linux run for 30+ days, until a programming error caused
> one of the above problems. Only way out is to reboot, which may
> create disk errors. So be careful.
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> Irv
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