Wednesday, July 28, 2004
An immune system for the Internet
An intriguing proposal to unleash "white hat" viruses to patch holes in the security of computers' whose owners can't or won't update their virus defenses.
Denial of service attacks are a classic collective action problem. But then, so would real viruses be to the cells of our bodies. So maybe what we need are electronic white blood cells, coordinated by an electronic immune system. (Of course, we'd also get some allergic reactions and auto-immune disorders as a side-effect...)
Denial of service attacks are a classic collective action problem. But then, so would real viruses be to the cells of our bodies. So maybe what we need are electronic white blood cells, coordinated by an electronic immune system. (Of course, we'd also get some allergic reactions and auto-immune disorders as a side-effect...)
