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Slate On Worms That Plug Security Holes
gwernol writes "Slate has a well-written article on 'white knight" worms like Nachi that attempt to automatically patch security holes; Nachi try to patch the hole that MyDoom exploits. The article calls for Google and others to incent White Hat programmers to create better White Knights. But are 'good viruses' really a good idea? Nachi created almost as much bandwidth congestion as MyDoom. Do we really want programs jumping onto our systems and 'fixing' them without permission? What about a socially engineered worm that claims to be doing good?"
Who says removing a Windows install isn't a good thing?
Just because I can imagine doing a hippopotamus, doesn't mean I'd like to do it.
You people here on slashdot are such girlie men. Talking about computers and worms when you should be having sex and pumping iron instead.
Please, change it back to News For Nerds, Stuff That Matters! That really is GODAWFUL!
(oops, there goes my karma!)
By summer it was all gone...now shesmovedon. --
So what is the deal that OSDN has struck with Microsoft (announcement in a couple of days, apparently)? Does anyone know... some are speculating that Slate will be handed over to OSDN. Or maybe OSDN is finishing its final sell-out to the evil monopoly.
What about if you don't know the difference between "your" and "you're", or "lose" and "loose"? Do we get to kick those people off the 'net too?
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.