bugtraq - RE: Decompression Bombs

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Message-ID: <7DB0958915FDD611961400A0C98F18464E8DB1@WINTRIX.thermeon.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 09:33:46 -0800
From: SBNelson@...rmeon.com
To: myrond@...x.com, dave@...ltimegaming.com
Cc: mleu@...asec.de, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: RE: Decompression Bombs


> dd if=/dev/zero of=testfile count=10000&&gzip testfile&&ls -la testfile
No need to fill up your own disk -- do this instead:
dd if=/dev/zero bs=1k count=10000 | gzip - > testfile.gz