After reading Nick Weaver's excellent analysis of the Warhol worm idea (a worm that can infect all vulnerable servers on the Internet in less than 15 minutes), we at Silicon Defense came up with a variant of his design that could go faster. We argue that a well-prepared and well-designed worm could infect all vulnerable Internet servers in less than thirty seconds - something we are calling a Flash Worm. If you weren't already numb with terror about how to cope with what's likely to come down your favorite Internet pipe in the next year or two: http://www.silicondefense.com/flash/ Stuart. -- Stuart Staniford --- President --- Silicon Defense ** Silicon Defense: Technical Support for Snort ** mailto:stuartat_private http://www.silicondefense.com/ (707) 445-4355 x 16 (707) 445-4222 (FAX) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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