The Internet's Immune System
Christopher X. Candreva
chris at westnet.com
Wed Nov 12 18:36:51 UTC 2003
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, David A. Ulevitch wrote:
> Automated techniques are the only thing that will stop it but is your
> idea "fast enough?" I don't think so. Relying on user reports is good
> for compromises and spambots but it won't do anything to stop CodeRed or
> Nimda.
True -- but I did say that this was a:
>> mechanism for various firewalls, intrusion detection systems, etc to talk
>> to each other to solve problems as quickly as possible.
> I don't think anything comes close to that today.
No, nothing does. This is a start. The example I gave of a command line tool
was just that. The idea is a framework that people and tools can use to
exchange information. I think the protocol itself -- the underlying system
-- is what will be important. The command line program would be the second
part of "Rough consensus and working code". As with DNS and web servers, I
expect there would be many implementations, from inclusion in firewall
programs to CPAN modules.
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