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Re:Ask HN: Someone is proxy-mirroring my website, can I do a... by rich_sasha on Monday December 12, 2022 @01:55PM (#33958596)
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.

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Re:Ask HN: Someone is proxy-mirroring my website, can I do a... by e1g on Monday December 12, 2022 @05:20PM (#33961261)
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/

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnDk8BcqoR0

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