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		malfist 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I use zip bombs to protect my server I mean, if I make a new compression algorithm that says a 10GB file of zeros is represented with a single specific byte, that would technically be compression. All depends on how much magic you want to shove into an "algorithm"

rtkwe 10 months ago [–]

If it's not standard I count the extra program required to decompress it as part of the archive.

eru 10 months ago | [–]

Yes, though in this case that wouldn't add much.

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