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> "And I remembered another nice trick which someone else came up with, zip bomb the bots :-)" Just curious, is it legal to host a zip bomb on your website? I
by gitgud 5y ago
> "And I remembered another nice trick which someone else came up with, zip bomb the bots :-)"
Just curious, is it legal to host a zip bomb on your website? I would think it would be classified under some kind of Cyber crime....
- pyuser583 5y agoIt’s a bad idea.
- hoppyhoppy2 5y agoLegality aside, your web hosting provider may consider it as malicious software / cyberattack activity that breaks their TOS.
- Piskvorrr 5y agoWhy would that be? It's not even executable code: someone would need to 1.actively request it, 2.actively save it somewhere 3.actively try to extract it.
- krageon 5y agoIf the zip bomb explicitly targets bots it becomes not only a zip bomb, but a mitigation tailor-made to prevent abuse of your platform. Phrase it as the latter and it is probably okay.