Microsoft Worms and Global Routing Instability

James Cowie writes: "Fresh analysis here indicates that worm propagation periods correlate very strongly with global BGP routing instability, as measured by sustained exponential increases in the number of prefix announcements and withdrawals seen in BGP message traces."

Comments

Msft is definitely guilty

[ch-chuck]

of contributing to global worming. They need to cut back their toxic emissions immediately before it's too late to save the planet.

Viruses, terrorism and Microsoft

[riflemann]

So...on a related note.

If it is true that viruses create BGP instability, one can extrapolate that this is a form of
terrorism, by disrupting international communications.

Now - as Microsoft has done almost nothing to effectively eliminate the threat of viruses, and
hence a form of terrorism, MS can then be seen as "harbouring terrorism".

Didn't George W himself say that those who harbour terrorists will receive the same fate?

It's therefore in the international communities best interests to destroy Microsoft!

Re:Microsoft x Worms

[ethereal]

If IIS gets r00ted in a forest where no one's around, can you still hear the nimda flood it unleashes?

Embrace and Extend

[Greyfox]

Whenever a popular product shows up on Windows, Microsoft usually ends up either buying the company or writing their own version which sucks for the first few versions. So when will we be seeing MS Worm Version 1.0?