Friday, February 09, 2007

PSU Security Researchers Tout Zippier Way to Squash Computer Worms

Nothing really new here, but FYI...

Bob Brown writes on NetworkWorld:

Penn State University researchers have created technology they say can nab computer worms more quickly than traditional signature-based systems and speedily set free the traffic if it's determined to be harmless after all.

The Proactive Worm Containment technology [.pdf] watches for a packet's rate and diversity of connections to other networks to identify worms, rather than having to wait around for a signature to be generated to spot new malware.

More here.

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