Down Linux in 10 Seconds.

Ah yes... I ran across that a few years ago at my previous job. Then, while trying to figure out exactly how it runs a co-worker tested it on a prod server he just happened to be logged into at the time. Good times. Luckily no one noticed the reboot.

Moral of the story: Regardless of your OS don't run untrusted scripts/code/programs/etc.

PS. Linux FTW!

Remedy: How to avoid a fork bomb? Of course, by limiting the process limit; you need to edit /etc/security/limits.conf.
Edit the variable nproc to user_name hard nproc 100. You require root privileges to modify this file.

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it might be helpful.