RE: aside: worm vs. worm?

["Arian J. Evans" <arian.evans () bigfoot com>]

Andrew,

# Would anyone consider releasing a patching
# worm on their own network if they knew it wouldn't spread to 
# the rest of the internet or is there a downside to this notion which I'm 
# not realizing?

A worm is a worm is a worm is a worm.

I am most certainly not a big fan of software I can't control,
executing in an arbitrary manner on hosts I hope to control...

I understand what you mean, and where you are going, but
if that is what you want, then I think Microsoft SMS, Shavlik,
Pedestal, and others have highly effective solutions w/out
releasing code that can potentially run in an arbitrary manner...

My $0.01 USD, deprecated for current market value,

Arian J. Evans
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