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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. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    First Post

    1. Re:FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      No, it was, in fact, me who got the first post. So...
      YOU FAIL IT!

  2. Umm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    informationweek is a spoof website, where is the foot icon ?

  3. BOYKOTT KDE! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The kde organization is a Euro terrorist operation, more details kan be found here.

    Support Gnu/GNOME, its for your own kood!

  4. Will _he_ sue IBM now? by geek2003 · · Score: 0, Troll

    IBM can collect more data on worm traffic and help decide how to bring Billy Goat to market... Will Billy Gays ,er Gates, now sue IBM for illegally using his name to make money. After all TIBCO sued Apple on Friday for using the term Rendezvous!!

  5. Re:Slashdot Rule #1 by twoslice · · Score: -1, Troll

    yeah, I totally agree - especially goatse.

    --

    From excellent karma to terible karma with a single +5 funny post...
  6. Re:Important announcement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Did you not read the part that reads:
    Don't take a measurement directly after rubbing it in.