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IBM's Billy Goat Squashes Worms

Posted by Hemos on 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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  1. Billy Goat by shird · · 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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  2. "earlier this month" by mirko · · 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 · · 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!

  3. A computer system to seek out worms? by zippity8 · · 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

  4. As in "Billy Goat Gruff"? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


    Will it butt trolls off the net too?

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  5. Slashdot Rule #1 by imadork · · Score: 5, Funny

    Never click on a link with the word "goat" in it.

  6. Dumb Name by Kaz+Riprock · · Score: 5, Funny


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

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