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NETI@home Data Analyzed

Posted by timothy on from the sharpen-your-knives dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The NETI@home Internet traffic statistics project (featured in Wired and Slashdot previously) has a quick analysis on the malicious traffic they observed. It's a rough world out there." Perhaps not suprising, but still disheartening, the researchers find among other things that a large portion of typical end-user traffic consists of malicious connection attempts.

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  1. But did they find intelligent life? by miracle69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what we need to know.

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    1. Re:But did they find intelligent life? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      no, but at least they're pretty sure there are no intelligent life in the bosses' office.

    2. Re:But did they find intelligent life? by eobanb · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, they found people with a bunch of Windows Services on and all their ports open. Does that answer your question?

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    3. Re:But did they find intelligent life? by netcrusher88 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Coming soon: NETI@home discovers sentient penguins and daemons... "Penguins were seen to be working alongside daemons, cultivating apples and mischievously breaking windows..."

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  2. In other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeti@home has yet to yield conclusive results.

  3. Re:Considering.. by TheOtherChimeraTwin · · Score: 2, Funny
    Considering these malicious programs aren't following any kind of 'standard'

    Not true! For example, they follow RFC 3514

  4. In a few minutes... by vectorian798 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...they will realize that there isn't anything more malicious than the traffic from Slashdot.

  5. Time to drag out this old chestnut by This+Old+Chestnut · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Those willing to give up a little security by using a little obscurity deserve neither security nor root privileges".

    -Benjamin Franklin

  6. proposal by ocularDeathRay · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would like to submit this proposal for your review. I am seeking funding for a new research project. Please grant me the funds needed so that I can deploy rain sensing equipment to every residence in the Seattle area.

    This project will record 3 years of data and prove once and for all whether or not it actually rains in seattle.

    sincerely,
    Kelly H.
    Head research scientist
    Darington Univeristy of Heretics

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  7. The Most Illegible Graphs. Ever. by dohboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shouldn't there be a butt-ugly histrograph warning?

    1. Re:The Most Illegible Graphs. Ever. by UnknowingFool · · Score: 2, Funny
      Shouldn't there be a butt-ugly histrograph warning?

      This is /. Pretty is for Windows users. [ducks]

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  8. Re:Root of the problem by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Amen to that. Car analogies have just plain run out of gas. People get too much mileage on them. They start more flamewars than a Pinto.

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  9. Re:Not necessarily a Bad Thing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    its official. The internet sucks AND blows.