IP: Possibility of a Warhol Worm: Complete infection in 15 minutes!: [risks] Risks Digest 21.59

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> te: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 15:11:50 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Nicholas C. Weaver" <nweaver () EECS Berkeley EDU>
> Subject: Possibility of a Warhol Worm: Complete infection in 15 minutes!
>
> Michael Constant and I have performed a basic analysis of a possible
> worst-case virulence for an active worm like Code Red.  By simply changing
> the infection strategy, a "Warhol Worm" could be developed, able to infect
> all vulnerable machines in 15 minutes from the moment of initial infection
> of a single machine!
>
> http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~nweaver/warhol.html
> Nicholas Weaver, nweaver () cs berkeley edu
>
>   [And in Case you have not heard, Code Red III is now operating.  PGN]
>      http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6835996.html



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