Should Microsoft Release Patching Worms?

The internet is full of hosts running unpatched versions of Windows. Should Microsoft release patching worms to fix every vulnerable system on the Internet in a matter of minutes? That’s one of the hot questions that security researcher Jose Nazario, famous for his WormBlog, answered in this interview on SecurityFocus. It’s a nice read, especially when they start comparing computer worms to nature phenomena.

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