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stavros on April 30, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: I use zip bombs to protect my server

Yes but you still need to keep a connection open to them. This is a sort of reverse SlowLoris attack, though.

dredmorbius on April 30, 2025 [–]

You've got the option of abandoning the connection at any time should resources be needed elsewhere.

(Or rather, the tarpit should be programmed to do this, whether by having a maximum resource allocation or monitoring free system resources.)

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