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3np
5 months ago
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I use zip bombs to protect my server
Also might open up a new DoS vector on entropy consumed by /dev/random so it can be worse than 1:1.
gkbrk
5 months ago
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Entropy doesn't really get "consumed" on modern systems. You can read terabytes from /dev/random without running out of anything.
jabl
5 months ago
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As mentioned, not really an issue on a modern system. But in any case, you could just read, say, 1K from /dev/urandom into a buffer and then keep resending that buffer over and over again?
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