42.zip

Click here to download 42.zip (42.374 bytes zipped)

The file contains 16 zipped files, which again contains 16 zipped files, which again contains 16 zipped files, which again contains 16 zipped, which again contains 16 zipped files, which contain 1 file, with the size of 4.3GB.

So, if you extract all files, you will most likely run out of space :-)

 
            16 x       4,294,967,295 = 68,719,476,720        (68  GB)
            16 x      68,719,476,720 = 1,099,511,627,520     (1   TB)
            16 x   1,099,511,627,520 = 17,592,186,040,320    (17  TB)
            16 x  17,592,186,040,320 = 281,474,976,645,120   (281 TB)
            16 x 281,474,976,645,120 = 4,503,599,626,321,920 (4.5 PB)

Password: 42


There are actually two versions of 42.zip, an older version of 42,374 bytes, and a newer version of 42,838 bytes. The difference is that the newer version requires a password before unzipping. The older version can be found here.

42.zip is a zip bomb, which is a small compressed file that seemingly holds an unimaginably large amount of data inside. I have archived this from https://unforgettable.dk.
More information can be found on my zip bomb homepage.