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Using Honeypots to Fight Worms

scubacuda writes "Laurent Oudout, an active member of the French Honeynet Project (part of the Honeynet Alliance), has written a paper evaluating the usefulness of using honeypots in fighting Internet worms. (Imagine a well-constructed honeypot framework capturing a worm, redirecting worm traffic to fake services, and launching counter attacks to clean infected hosts!)"

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  1. Umm...how about.. by Demerol · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "Using Linux to Fight Worms"

    Sounds easier to me.