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."

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Also... and *not* off topic.

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Net instability can also be predicted if Slashdot links to a .... well anything.