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A Cheap, Distributed Zero-Day Defense?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yeah-that-won't-get-gamed dept.

coondoggie writes "Shutting down zero-day computer attacks could be carried out inexpensively by peer-to-peer software that shares information about anomalous behavior, say researchers at the University of California at Davis.The software would interact with existing personal firewalls and intrusion detection systems to gather data about anomalous behavior, says Senthil Cheetancheri, the lead researcher on the project he undertook as a grad student at UC Davis from 2004 to 2007. He now works for SonicWall."

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  1. I have a better solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Everyone should wear funny hats. This will cause cats and some dogs to defend the Human race against bloggers and other Satanic cults. Now that Obama is our President it is time to say goodby to fungus and long division of the spoils of pharmony? i PREFER pants!

    Hats are the key. The

  2. Re:Will never happen. by Shakrai · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't ask about the milk. x_x

    Can you get it in skim? I gotta watch my geeky figure.....

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