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Re:Fun with gzip bombs and email clients by jamesfinlayson on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @08:50PM (#44654617)
I thought someone posted a blog post from someone who does in the last couple of months? Any time they got hits on their site from misbehaving bots I think they returned a gzip bomb in the HTTP response.
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Re:Fun with gzip bombs and email clients by zikduruqe on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @09:00PM (#44654686)
I remember that also.

edit - this? https://idiallo.com/blog/zipbomb-protection

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Re:Fun with gzip bombs and email clients by jamesfinlayson on Tuesday July 22, 2025 @09:11PM (#44654766)
Yes that's the one.
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