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From: measl at mfn.org (J.A. Terranson) Subject: Centralized server information gathering alternatives / The Bizex worm On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh] wrote: > > Most worms today that infect machines try to report back to centralized > > servers specified by the creator (to upload/download data). The only > > problem with this approach is that centralized servers can be shut down to > > prevent the spread of the worm and cease information gathering. Now, what > > would happen if worms were "smarter" and instead utilized the BitTorrent > > networks? With a small server client built into the worm payload and > > 50,000-100,000 infected machines, the author(s) (and even the worm itself) > > now has access to the data being harvested without the crutch of a single > > (or a few) predetermined access points. Do you guys think this approach > > will be utilized in the more advanced worms of tomorrow? Ideally, they would utilize a distributed and inherently anonymized system, such as FreeNet: Java - platform independence; the bits in the datastream are completely distributed (no server that can be whacked) over the whole network, and no backward trace liabilities. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@....org "Unbridled nationalism, as distinguished from a sane and legitimate patriotism, must give way to a wider loyalty, to the love of humanity as a whole. Bah'u'llh's statement is: "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." The Promise of World Peace http://www.us.bahai.org/interactive/pdaFiles/pwp.htm
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