[87181] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Viral Cure Could 'Immunise' The Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher L. Morrow)
Fri Dec 9 11:06:00 2005
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:03:14 +0000 (GMT)
From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow@mci.com>
In-reply-to: <f6c8dc9761f85.43994eb8@gmu.edu>
To: sgorman1@gmu.edu
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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
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> 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'.
