full-disclosure - Re: darpa to automatically patch flaws

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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:27:23 -0400
From: Jeffrey Walton <noloader@...il.com>
To: "J. Oquendo" <sil@...iltrated.net>
Cc: Full Disclosure List <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: darpa to automatically patch flaws

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:03 AM, J. Oquendo <sil@...iltrated.net> wrote:
> ...
> 3) System would have to EXPLOIT vuln to fix it
Like the worm wars back in the early 2000s? Nachia patching for
Blaster? http://www.sophos.com/en-us/press-office/press-releases/2003/08/va_nachi.aspx

I thought it was kind of the Nachia folks to patch vulnerable
workstations and servers since SysAdmins were doing such a poor job.

Jeff

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