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22 Comments
- inactive, on 09/26/2009, -3/+11Way to run over to slashdot and find a comment modded +5 funny and copy it.
- JudgeMonkey, on 09/26/2009, -1/+7I'm not quite sure what's happening here.
- inactive, on 09/26/2009, -4/+8samefag.
- piggy, on 09/26/2009, -0/+4Aw, ***** Carl.. *****!
http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF062-The_Ants_Dance.gi ... - imbobbyus, on 09/26/2009, -1/+3I think this is really great. However, the Governments around the world have to step up and implement severe punishment for people who inject these worms in the first place. For example, many of the viruses ask you to purchase anti-virus software such as Windows Police Pro. I don't think it will be difficult to hunt them down and punish for their act.
- enssss, on 09/27/2009, -0/+2I was hoping to read some credible details as to how this idea works. All I got is a superficial, and to me non-credible, description. To me, these ants sound like an interesting type of worm. I'd like to know what makes them different from a worm.
- echelonist, on 09/26/2009, -0/+2I like how they explains us like we're 5 years old retards.
- Khast, on 09/26/2009, -2/+3http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXtMgPCkBGM
For those who were expecting a video of Ants vs a worm. - yaosio, on 09/27/2009, -0/+1This is what it sounds like to me, as it makes no sense to wait for a lot of these to hit one system if they are all detecting the same thing. Once a computer becomes interesting according to thresholds they could even block the program(s) from accessing anything while it waits for a human or other program to determine if it's actually a threat or not.
- yaosio, on 09/27/2009, -0/+1In nature only the most inefficient animals survive.
- DforSpiD, on 09/26/2009, -0/+1I'm not worried unless you're a worm (in which case I'm only worried because you're wearing a boot)
- antdude, on 09/27/2009, -0/+1http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1382911& ...
- sotopheavy, on 09/27/2009, -0/+1Security experts develop security ants... Blackhat comes out with virus called ant spray.
- MrSparky, on 09/26/2009, -0/+1I think the article didn't explain this well (or at all) and this is my take on it - but please say if this isn't what they meant!
I think they mean, rather than identifying actual viruses/exploits (Such as a program containing a particular piece of code; a certain attack on a certain port, etc) each 'virtual ant' will be designed to search for one particular trait. For example, an ant could search for access to system files; another could search for outbound connections on non-standard ports; and another still could search for changes to any executable file or library.
With the 'virtual ants' leaving markers to say when particular activity has occurred, more ants will converge on a particular activty if it starts to become 'interesting' to them - for example, a process is attempting to access an unusual port and is writing to the system directory, which definitely gains attention. I would guess that many programs could trigger a single ants interest, but to get enough attention from a few ants means that something is most likely happening that shouldn't be. Normal behaviour would be to stop it happening until a user can say that this is intended behaviour.
If this is what they mean - and if it is it sounds very interesting - it could lead to programs containing maps of what they intend to do, plus separate "install-specific" actions that only happen on the first use. Anything outside of that would be considered bad behaviour. - inactive, on 09/26/2009, -12/+12If I wanted 3000 bugs swarming inside my computer i'd run Windows.
- Gogogo111, on 09/26/2009, -2/+2Ha! It's funny because he made a joke about Windows' security!
- cjlesiw, on 09/26/2009, -2/+1These comments suck.
- Sirlolalot, on 09/26/2009, -3/+1but i'm already running ant-ivirus....
- inactive, on 09/26/2009, -3/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmRpLLs7SNE
- shinkou, on 09/26/2009, -3/+1Mimic the nature? Are we going to end up with a whole ecology system inside our computer network? I would call this an inefficient way tackling problems.
- NuclearMissile, on 09/25/2009, -4/+1naturally
- Tyrghast, on 09/26/2009, -7/+1The ant a hardy creature? Preposterous! I destroy their homes in one fell swoop of my boot-heel! I wipe out entire ant civilizations in a single frantic step! Think twice before I have to do the same to your computer!
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