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Worries over "good worms" rise again
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2008-02-18

A scientific paper discussing theories of information propagation reopened the debate on beneficial worms last week, after one of the authors -- a researcher at Microsoft -- told reporters that the company could benefit from making software updates spread more like computer worms.

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"White Worms" I wish they would stay DEAD! 2008-02-19
Nicholas Weaver
Or at least they would cite the "White Worms don't Work" argument!

http://usenix.net/publications/login/2006-12/pdfs/weaver.pdf

is dan ellis and myself...

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