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I read once a suggestion to serve gzipped requests which, gzipped, are tiny, but un-gzipped are enormous. Like GBs of 0s. Not sure how you actually do it and i

I read once a suggestion to serve gzipped requests which, gzipped, are tiny, but un-gzipped are enormous. Like GBs of 0s. Not sure how you actually do it and if it serves your purpose but sounded neat.

e1g 4y ago
It's called a "zip bomb" (popularized by Silicon Valley [1]), and there is a good guide (and pre-generated 42kB .zip file to blow up most web clients) at https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/ https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/ [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnDk8BcqoR0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnDk8BcqoR0