The database that can store the Internet

ravernkoh

Ravern Koh

Posted on July 30, 2018

The database that can store the Internet

Wouldn't it be awesome if you could save the entire Internet into a database? Well, you can now do so! Infinite exploits a simple loophole in your operating system to enable you to store an infinite amount of data, without using a single byte.

How it works

A file contains data, which is measured in bytes. If a file contains Hello!, it takes up 7 bytes (remember to count the newline character). If a file contains Bye bye~, it takes up 9 bytes. Simple.

Now what if a file contains nothing? How many bytes would the file take up? That's right, 0! But a file can still store data, even if it contains nothing. Where? In its name of course! If we store data in its name, we can now have a file that stores data, but contains nothing, and thus takes up 0 bytes!

Here, have some evidence.

Evidence

I like it!

The source code for this project can be found here. Feel free to give it a ⭐️ and use it in production 🤪!

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ravernkoh
Ravern Koh

Posted on July 30, 2018

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