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Re: Viral Cure Could 'Immunise' The Internet
- From: Steven M. Bellovin
- Date: Fri Dec 09 14:04:50 2005
In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0512091602160.20032@marvin.argfrp.us.uu.net>, "Christ
opher L. Morrow" writes:
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>On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 sgorman1@gmu.edu wrote:
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>> Thought folks might find this interesting
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>> http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8403
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>> Viral Cure Could 'Immunise' The Internet, New Scientist
>>
>> Excerpts: A cure for computer viruses that spreads in a viral fashion
>> could immunise the internet, even against pests that travel at lightning
>> speed, a mathematical study reveals.
>
>I think they call this 'welchia'... I don't recall it doing all that many
>'good' things, unless 'raising customer traffic rates' qualifies as
>'good'.
>
Besides, it's *unauthorized*. I don't want random strangers deciding
when my machine should be patched. I think, in this forum, we all know
that patches can have bad side effects.
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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