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HP Shelves Virus Throttler Program

Posted by timothy on from the simply-too-arcane-and-complicated dept.

longlanekid writes "Though HP has apparently designed a great program for slowing the spread/proliferation of virii and reducing the impact of DoS attacks, it's all being shelved due to Windows incompatibilities."

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  1. Wait just a minute... by ...+James+... · · Score: 5, Informative

    Microsoft introduced similar functionality in Windows XP SP2:

    Limited number of simultaneous incomplete outbound TCP connection attempts
    Detailed description

    The TCP/IP stack now limits the number of simultaneous incomplete outbound TCP connection attempts. After the limit has been reached, subsequent connection attempts are put in a queue and will be resolved at a fixed rate. Under normal operation, when applications are connecting to available hosts at valid IP addresses, no connection rate-limiting will occur. When it does occur, a new event, with ID 4226, appears in the system's event log.

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  2. Viruses vs virii by leathered · · Score: 4, Informative

    Can we settle this once and for all?

    Virii is not a word in the English language; or any other language as far as I know.

    I recommend correctional facilities for those using the word 'virii'.

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    For all intensive porpoises your a bunch of rediculous loosers
  3. Microsoft actually made some efforts in SP2 by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Informative

    Some changes to combat DDoS attacks:

    - TCP data cannot be sent over raw sockets.
    - UDP datagrams with invalid source addresses cannot be sent over raw sockets.

    Some changes to combat worms:

    - Updated TCP/IP stack to limit the number of simultaneous incomplete outbound TCP connection attempts. After the limit has been reached, subsequent connection attempts are put in a queue and will be resolved at a fixed rate. This only applies when connecting to unavailable hosts, for example worms like Sasser guessing where to spread to.

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  4. You fail it! RTFA by temojen · · Score: 4, Informative

    No.

    HP got it to work on Linux and HPUX, but didn't have the source to Windows XP, and so couldn't implement it for windows.

    Someone else asks if they've ever heard of firewalls, but this technology is intended to stop worms once they're inside your lan.