[funsec] Worm Propagation Strategies in an IPv6 Internet

[Fergie]

Thanks to Bruce Schneier, who writes over on his blog:

[snip]

Nice paper that dispels the myth that worms won't be able to
propagate under IPv6, because the address space will be too
sparse.

[snip]

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/02/internet_worms.html

This excellent paper [.pdf] is authored by Steve Bellovin, Bill Cheswick, and Angelos Keromytis.

Kudos.

Paper URL:
http://www.cs.columbia.edu/%7Esmb/papers/v6worms.pdf

- ferg

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