Submitted by [deleted] t3_ydcv2u in explainlikeimfive
RhynoD t1_itreqyh wrote
Reply to comment by philipjfry1578 in ELI5: How do the people who make zip bombs compress it down so much? by [deleted]
It's not possible for an already made file like that to exist. Unzipped zip bombs can be many thousands of petabytes, which are themselves a thousand terabytes each. Most computers have a few terabytes of storage at most (which is the point of the zip bomb) and even if they did, unzipping files that big would potentially take years (also the point of the zip bomb).
If you started with an actual file to compress it would take up that much space and take that long to compress. You'd zip bomb yourself.
Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments