Re: Dumb question: Why are exceptions such as SIGSEGV not logged

[Doug McNaught]

"David D. Hagood" <wowbagger@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Consider this code:
> > 	char *foo = 0;
> > 	sigset(SIGSEGV,SIG_IGNORE);
> > 	for(;;) { *foo = '\5'; }
> > Your logfiles just got DoS'ed....
> 
> 
> Why not then just log uncaught exceptions?

You can still DoS by forking repeatedly and having the child die with
SEGV...

-Doug
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