Linux 101: What are zombie processes? Your email has been sent Zombie processes shouldn't be a problem on your system. But on the off chance they do arise, you need to know how to take care of them.

[Updated 4/17/2006:] When fellow blogger Richard Stiennon posted this blog/podcast about new types of alarming DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks where an army of Linux zombies were used, he ...