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I use Zip Bombs to Protect my Server (idiallo.com)

submitted 2 days ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The one-liner:

dd if=/dev/zero bs=1G count=10 | gzip -c > 10GB.gz

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[–] raltoid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

TL;DR: It's illegal to have publically available or share.

Making it illegal to create one for research purposes on your own hardware is not illegal as far as I know. And if it is, I wouldn't mind seeing someone challenge that with the EU.

[–] deaddigger@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

For research purposes you could make it password protected, which would make it legal, though. Like i said having one is a gray area, because the law is made extremly vague. Like i said i dont know of any judgements about it, but it is still a possibility. If you life in germany and are inclined for an archive bomb and care about your legal safety contact a lawyer beforehand