Re: ping problem

[Gergely Trifonov <gergely.trifonov@indweb.hu>]

i did not say it'd solve the problem, i only suggested a solution
instead of removing ping. 

On Wed, 2001-12-12 at 14:20, Rolf Kutz wrote:
> Gergely Trifonov (gergely.trifonov@indweb.hu) wrote:
> 
> > it's okay if you just remove the setuid bit from /bin/ping (chmod -s
> > /bin/ping), so users won't be able to run it 
> 
> This doesn't help. Luser will be able to create a
> 100% load with any command, so this doesn't help
> and ping is a useful tool.  Try ulimit instead.
> 
> -Rolf
> 
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