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What's the ethics / law on handing back zip bombs as png's in gz files when you get scanned from rando's on the internet? Asking for a friend
by gonzo41 3y ago
What's the ethics / law on handing back zip bombs as png's in gz files when you get scanned from rando's on the internet? Asking for a friend
- rwmj 3y agoThe legal and ethical risk is approximately zero. I think the most likely problem is that by trying to be clever with your web server configuration you'll accidentally introduce an insecurity at your end. On my personal webserver, the vast majority of "rando" accesses are from search engine spiders that I've never heard of (as well as the ones you have heard of). These spiders really ought to be secure against anything a server can throw at them, and if they aren't, that's their problem.
- JoBrad 3y agoI don’t think there’s a rule that you have to respond with zip bombs, but it’s plainly impolite not to. This whole comment section has me wondering if an internet-connected tea pot should respond to all requests with a 418 status code.
- pravus 3y agoThey asked for the resource. You are free to give it to them.