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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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Re: Good worms back on the agenda 2006-01-31
Anonymous
Here, here. When will this stupid idea ever die? Using a virus/worm to manage workstations instead of a real product (of which there are plenty) is lazy and asking for problems....

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