#!perl -w
use strict;
use warnings;
use IO::Compress::Gzip qw(gzip $GzipError);

=head1 NAME

gen-gzipbomb.pl - generate a thrice-encoded gzip stream that decodes to 16MB

=cut

# Create a nasty gzip stream:
my $size = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
my $stream = "\0" x $size;

# Compress that stream three times:
my $compressed = $stream;
for( 1..3 ) {
    my $last = $compressed;
    gzip(\$last, \$compressed, Level => 9, -Minimal => 1)
        or die "Can't gzip content: $GzipError";
    #diag sprintf "Encoded size %d bytes after round %d", length $compressed, $_;
};

use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1;
print Dumper $compressed;