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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. pure genius... by DrStrangeLoop · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...with connotations of both the young William Gates and the goatse.cx dude, i predict this meme to become quite popular here at /. and in IT at large.

    strangeloop.

    1. Re:pure genius... by The+Cydonian · · Score: 0, Redundant

      Yes. I, for one, welcome our new goat overlords!

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      More than mere navel gazing.