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Tools To Squash the Botnets

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the squish-squish-little-bugs dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "This is the intention of Paul Barford, a computer scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He wants to build a new line of defense against malicious traffic which has become today a billion-dollar 'shadow industry.' As one of 'the most menacing aspects of botnets is that they can go largely undetected' by a PC owner, he developed a new computer security technique for detecting network intrusions. His system has a 99.9% detection rate of malicious signatures, roughly equivalent to some of the best commercial systems. But it has zero false positives when commercial systems have high numbers. This new system could soon be available commercially."

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  1. SLASHDOT SUX0RZ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

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  2. Re:I don't see that. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    how will any tool identify or protect you from that threat?

    You don't know the power of JESUS!

    I was praying to JESUS that no aliens would invade my home last night and guess what... none did!

    Praise Jesus! Praise JESUS! PRAISE JESUS!