Reply to post: Re: VM and container users where they need to shutdown and reboot rapidly

Don't panic, but Linux's Systemd can be pwned via an evil DNS query

Paul Hovnanian Silver badge

Re: VM and container users where they need to shutdown and reboot rapidly

"Are they running a reboot farm?"

No. They are running a Windows server farm. Where stopping/starting individual services with the /etc/init.d scripts is beyond their comprehension.

Yes, systemd makes for faster startups. In a world where every time you change anything you have to restart the O/S.

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