[87196] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Viral Cure Could 'Immunise' The Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lewis)
Fri Dec 9 13:34:57 2005
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 13:32:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis@lewis.org>
To: sgorman1@gmu.edu
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <f6c8dc9761f85.43994eb8@gmu.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 sgorman1@gmu.edu wrote:
> Excerpts: A cure for computer viruses that spreads in a viral fashion
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> could immunise the internet, even against pests that travel at lightning
> speed, a mathematical study reveals.
Nobody remembers Nachi/Welchia and the damage it did to networks while
curing blaster?
Nice intention. Bad idea.
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