[lotuseclat79]

Low-cost strategy developed for curbing computer worms.

Thanks to an ingenious new strategy devised by researchers at University of California, Davis and Intel Corporation, computer network administrators might soon be able to mount effective, low-cost defenses against self-propagating infectious programs known as worms.

-- Tom

[Cheeseball81]

Interesting read.

[tomdkat]

That was an interesting read. It made me think of the "DenyHosts" Python script I've started running on Linux servers I admin. It scans the SSH logs for activity from hackers trying to crack passwords. After a configurable threshold is reached, it configures SSH to block the machine. It can run as a daemon or you can run it from the command line on an on-demand basis.

The cool thing is it can share its blocking information with others through a central database. On one server I run it on, it has already downloaded several hundred IP addresses of machines that have engaged in hacking activity.

Thanks for sharing!

Peace...