πŸš€ What is a Bash Fork Bomb?

Temuri Takalandze - Feb 22 - - Dev Community

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A tiny but deadly command that can crash a Linux system in seconds! 🀯

This tiny Bash script is a fork bombβ€”a self-replicating function that keeps creating processes until the system collapses. It’s a great example of how recursion can go out of control!

πŸ’‘ How to stay safe?
βœ… Limit user processes with ulimit
βœ… Restrict execution permissions
βœ… Monitor system resource usage

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