Jose Nazario discusses worms

Jose Nazario discusses worms
Federico Biancuzzi, 2005-08-16

Federico Biancuzzi interviews Jose Nazario to discuss modern computer worms and the design goals behind them.

Jose Nazario discusses worms 2005-08-17
PM (1 replies)

Jose states:
"However, remember the following things. Even if you knew instantly what vulnerabilities the worm was exploiting and how to prevent its use of that hole, how would you prepare a worm with the patch payload in time to launch it in a meaningful time period? How would you outpace the worm...

[ more ] [ reply ]

Re: Jose Nazario discusses worms 2005-08-24
tecamac

Actually there is an example of "counterworm" : Code green. It seeks out systems infected with Code Red, clean and patch the system.

This idea was proposed by F.Cohen (1986). he also has proposed viruses to save ressouces on system. An other example of "good virus" was provided by Ludvig, this o...

[ more ] [ reply ]

News flash: Patching is irrelevant 2005-08-21
Anonymous

Proponents of host-level security to patch machines ahead of worm outbreaks just miss the point completely. It sounds great from an academic point of view, but anyone who's administrated a real network knows this will never be the answer, as universal patching just isn't operationally feasible. Larg...

[ more ] [ reply ]