On Fri, 27 Feb 2004, Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh] wrote: > > Most worms today that infect machines try to report back to centralized > > servers specified by the creator (to upload/download data). The only > > problem with this approach is that centralized servers can be shut down to > > prevent the spread of the worm and cease information gathering. Now, what > > would happen if worms were "smarter" and instead utilized the BitTorrent > > networks? With a small server client built into the worm payload and > > 50,000-100,000 infected machines, the author(s) (and even the worm itself) > > now has access to the data being harvested without the crutch of a single > > (or a few) predetermined access points. Do you guys think this approach > > will be utilized in the more advanced worms of tomorrow?
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