----- Original Message -----
From: "Matti Aarnio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Wang Hui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: Current network/Internet is so weak...in face of Nimda-like worms
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 03:31:12PM +0800, Wang Hui wrote:
> > From: "Wang Hui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Current network/Internet is so weak...in face of Nimda-like worms
> > Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:31:12 +0800
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> > Hi, folks here,
> >
> > Yesterday, our campus network was attacked by the Nimda worms, and the
> > worm invoked tons of rubish network traffic as a result that our campus
> > network got broken. No one can enjoy the Internet any longer. ALl the
> > routers were overloaded, and no more bandwith was available at that
> > time.
> >
> > From this accident, we can see the weakness of our current network.
> > But I wonder if in the next-generation network, we can avoid such
> > kind of worm-attacking?
>
> No. Go sue Microsoft for deliberately making worm/virus
> propagation platforms.
>
> Internet security is at the end-nodes, not in the network!
So I think we are also in need of making the network itself safe. Why not make the
transporting system more safe ? I think that simple network and complex end nodes
will be a big risk in the new world.
>
> > Your advice?
> >
> > regards,
> > Wang Hui
>
> /Matti Aarnio
>
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