Good worms back on the agenda

Good worms back on the agenda
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-01-27

ARLINGTON, Virginia -- A researcher has reopened the subject of beneficial worms, arguing that the capabilities of self-spreading code could perform better penetration testing inside networks, turning vulnerable systems into distributed scanners.

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Good worms back on the agenda 2006-01-27
Anonymous

Good worms back on the agenda 2006-01-28
Anonymous

Good worms back on the agenda 2006-01-29
Alexandre Sieira

Good worms back on the agenda 2006-01-29
Anonymous

Make it an RFC! 2006-01-30
assurbanipal

This stuff is never gonna work!

And the idea is not new.

Can you imagine benign worms propagating in corporate infrastructure?

What this proposal lacks, is an RFC status. Don't know why, but it reminds me of works such as the "The Security Flag in the IPv4 Header (Evil Bit)" [RFC 3514]...

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Good worms back on the agenda 2006-01-30
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Re: Good worms back on the agenda 2006-01-31
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Good worms back on the agenda 2006-01-30
Lucas C. Ferreira (1 replies)

Re: Good worms back on the agenda 2006-02-03
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Re: Re: Good worms back on the agenda 2006-02-10
Anonymous

Already available 2006-01-30
Anonymous