On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 02:55:43PM -0000, Angelo Rosiello wrote: > for( i=0; i<loop; i++ ) > { > write( sd, "LIST -w 1000000 -C\n", 19 ); > } It is probably worth pointing out that it is FSF ls(1) at fault here; wu-ftpd just provides a convenient way for potentially unauthenticated users to DoS the machine. If your OS supports rlimits (ulimit(3)), I believe they will provide reliable protection against this problem. -- http://www.immunix.com/ secure Linux distributions and appliances
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