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The one-liner:

dd if=/dev/zero bs=1G count=10 | gzip -c > 10GB.gz

This is brilliant.

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[–] UnbrokenTaco@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Interesting. I wonder how long it takes until most bots adapt to this type of "reverse DoS".

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Then we'll just be more clever as well. It's an arms race after all.

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