David Fifield’s 2019 page explains a compression vulnerability with diagrams, code, and dated corrections—and distinguishes it from the familiar recursive archive trick. The page is the lab notebook: enough context to understand the research without reducing it to ‘compression bomb bad.’ Don’t use the technique against systems.
Original security research: https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-bamsoftware-turned-10-mb-into-281-tb-without-recursion/
#ancientweb #securityresearch #compression #softwarehistory
Original security research: https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/
Full Switchboard article: https://switchboardtechservices.com/articles/ancient-web-bamsoftware-turned-10-mb-into-281-tb-without-recursion/
#ancientweb #securityresearch #compression #softwarehistory
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