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Thursday, February 21, 2002
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/feb2002/nf20020220_5030.htm Patching the Net's Fatal Flaws Recent research finds major holes in one of the Web's basic protocols. And if they aren't fixed, the consequences could be devastating. Before the Web, computer viruses depended on the lowly floppy disk as their sole means of transmission. Now, thanks to widespread broadband connectivity, computer viruses can blossom into huge epidemics in no time, crashing networks and overwhelming IT staffs. So-called "worms" clog the Web with random scans, searching for vulnerable systems to corrupt or co-opt, tearing across the digital landscape in a matter of days or even hours. New hybrid worm-viruses, such as "Code Red," are even more insidious, using both e-mail and direct scans to spread their bandwidth-hogging packages to deface Web pages or erase critical files....
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