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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 2006-01-30
Lucas C. Ferreira
These "good worms" need not use vulnerabilities to "infect" computers on the network. There are plenty of mobile agent systems that could be used instead, with more security for both the host and the agent....

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