IBM's Billy Goat Squashes Worms

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IBM's Billy Goat Squashes Worms

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 1, 2003 @01:02AM from the behavior-based-activity dept.

fr0z writes "InformationWeek is running a story on "Billy Goat", a novel worm-squashing software developed by researchers in Zurich, Switzerland. IBM says it wants to turn Billy Goat into a product to help guard against computer-network attacks such as those that slowed Internet traffic earlier this month."

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Goat? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-09-01 01:03 · Score: 0, Funny

Oh my god. This has got to be a joke. Bring on the screenshots
Billy Goat by shird · 2003-09-01 01:06 · Score: 5, Funny

This is a play on the name "Bill Gates", surely? Why else would they call it that. Interesting concept nonetheless.

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1. Re:Billy Goat by KoolDude · 2003-09-01 01:53 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  In giving out the details, the researchers mentioned that the full name is Williamy Henry Goat III. They also announced that a helper software code-named Steward "Monkey" Bawlmer will be released soon.
  
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"earlier this month" by mirko · 2003-09-01 01:06 · Score: 5, Funny

I do not want to look anal but I think the submitter meant "last month" :-)

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1. Re:"earlier this month" by F452 · 2003-09-01 01:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I do not want to look anal but I think the submitter meant "last month" :-)
  Eeyu! Look anal? I can see being anal, or sounding anal, but I'd hate to look anal!
A computer system to seek out worms? by zippity8 · 2003-09-01 01:07 · Score: 5, Funny

So you're turning on a computer system thats intended to be intelligent enough to seek out and erradicate computer worms?

Did you NOT see Terminator 3?

- Those that do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Or, in this case, those that don't learn from crappy movies. =P
1. Re:A computer system to seek out worms? by Psiren · 2003-09-01 01:24 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  There was a story a while back (not sure if it was on /.) about a whole load of traffic on the net that no-one could account for or trace. Makes you think...
  
  I believe Skynet went online August 29th 1997, but software is always late, no? ;)
As in "Billy Goat Gruff"? by Black+Parrot · 2003-09-01 01:12 · Score: 5, Funny

Will it butt trolls off the net too?

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Slashdot Rule #1 by imadork · 2003-09-01 01:16 · Score: 5, Funny

Never click on a link with the word "goat" in it.
Dumb Name by Kaz+Riprock · 2003-09-01 01:26 · Score: 5, Funny

If you built a software package that catches worms...why wouldn't you call it "Early Bird"?

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(M$) Bill Goatse? by VEGx · 2003-09-01 01:35 · Score: 4, Funny

Is that a hint that Bill Gates is into Goatse? I'm a nice troll, gimme a cookie.
Um, innovative? by Rogerborg · 2003-09-01 01:38 · Score: 4, Funny

if(>X packets received from ip
&& !reverse dns for ip)
block ip

Do I win $10?

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1. Re:Um, innovative? by Rogerborg · 2003-09-01 04:43 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  How about "ipchains"? That sounds kind of kinky, and I don't think it's been used before.
  
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squashes worms?? by di0s · 2003-09-01 02:17 · Score: 2, Funny

I'm reporting you to PETA!! Oh wait, you mean computer worms...
Hehe by orbitalia · 2003-09-01 03:35 · Score: 2, Funny

It's not the only thing IBM are going to be squashing soon..
Not like this. by 21mhz · 2003-09-01 04:59 · Score: 4, Funny

So, the thing that will put an end to the humanity is called Billy Goat? This is just... wrong.

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