The concept of diversity in computer systems is nothing new. There are plenty of papers on the subject available, one is at: http://www.cs.unm.edu/~immsec/publications/hotos-97.pdf > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Huang [mailto:yinrong@rogers.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:06 PM > To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com > Subject: To diversify and survive: the application of > population biology > concept into computer > > > > > Abstract: > > On January 25, 2003, the SQL Slammer worm > (w2.SQLSlammer.worm), also known > > as Sapphire (F-Secure), w32.SQLexp.worm (Symantec), and Helkern > > (Kaspersky) fully exploited known vulnerabilities in > Microsoft SQL 2000 > > servers and caused tremendous network jam around the world. In this > > article, the concept of population biology is proposed to > apply to the > > computer programming. The concept is to diversify the same software > > functionality with a population of executables to avoid being > eliminated > > or exploited by a virus or worm like SQL Slammer. >
