A valid HTML zip bomb, https://ache.one/notes/html_zip_bomb by ache (npub12n4…ahln)
The article shows how to create an HTML zip bomb for AI crawlers not respecting the `robots.txt` file.
A zip bomb is a huge file (like 10Gib), that once compressed, has a reasonable size like 10Mib. An AI crawler will uncompressed it and will see all its memory being consumed, leading to a possible crash.
That’s an effective way to counter-attack disrespectful AI crawlers.
#html #ZipBomb #ai
Ivan Enderlin 🦀
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2025-07-25 11:30:54 UTC
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