Honeypots and deception: White worms
White worms |
| The concept of "anti-worms" is a proactive method of dealing with virus and computer worm outbreaks. Just like malicious computer worms, anti-worms reach computers by scanning IP ranges and placing a copy of themselves on vulnerable hosts. The anti-worm then patches the computer"s vulnerability and uses the affected computer to find other vulnerable hosts. Anti-worms have the ability to spread just as fast as regular computer worms, utilizing the same "scan, infect, repeat" model that malicious computer worms use. Many computer security experts have denounced the so-called "anti-worm". Their position is that no code should be run on a system without the system owner"s consent. Worm code, even if its author has good intentions, can wreak havoc on a network. It can overflow the traffic capacity of the network. Its author does not know the exact configuration of the system on which the code is running, and it could render that system useless for its intended purpose. It is important to note that most jurisdictions which have computer crime laws covering worms do not distinguish "worms" from "anti-worms," thus making the author(s) of such code liable to prosecution. |
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