> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > You want a *real* headache, contemplate the fun we'll have if the bad guys > > ever release something that takes advantage of the emergent-systems > > properties > > of self-assembling networks (basically, imagine a Storm worm, except it's > > able > > to re-find other copies of itself dynamically if the C&C gets nuked.
It's people like you what cause unrest. Date sent: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:35:49 +0100 From: Jim Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I fear something like this either already exists or is well into it's > development cycle. The hard part is the initial discovery protocol - ie. > how a node finds it's first 'neighbour'. Getting that right is the most > critical part to the overall success of the scheme. It needs to be > something that's not going to be easy to filter since it will, > inevitably, be picked apart byte by byte within days. I've been promoting something very like this, on a wireless network basis, for either voice or data. I think it would be the next big thing in telecom, and would put the telcos out of business. (However, it would appear that a business model for it is not only difficult, but possibly inherently impossible.) > Model it on a peer to peer network with no centralised control > (gnutella?) and all you really need to bolt on is the discovery > protocol. The larger the network grows the harder it will become to > break it, the number of alternate 'paths' increases much faster then the > host count. Similarly, with a wireless network, you avoid the contention model of every available network setup (whereby the more operating nodes in an area the worse the possibility of communications), and achieve a system where the more nodes are operating in a given area, the *better* the available bandwidth ... (So, if the Storm boys do it, lets copy it ...) ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I learned one really sad fact from my career as a columnist: nobody changes their mind about anything. Ever. Once we form the opinion, we become evidence processors and we just collect all the evidence that supports our opinion and reject all the evidence that disputes it. - Bob Metcalfe http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev/rms.htm _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
