Submission + - Storm worm more powerful than top supercomputers
Stony Stevenson writes: Security researchers who are tracking the burgeoning network of Microsoft Windows machines that have been compromised by the virulent Storm worm, are saying it has now grown so massive and far-reaching that it easily overpowers the world's top supercomputers.
"In terms of power, the botnet utterly blows the supercomputers away," said Matt Sergeant, chief anti-spam technologist with MessageLabs, in an interview. "If you add up all 500 of the top supercomputers, it blows them all away with just 2 million of its machines. It's very frightening that criminals have access to that much computing power, but there's not much we can do about it." Sergeant said researchers at MessageLabs see about 2 million different computers in the botnet sending out spam on any given day, and he adds that he estimates the botnet generally is operating at about 10 percent of capacity.
"In terms of power, the botnet utterly blows the supercomputers away," said Matt Sergeant, chief anti-spam technologist with MessageLabs, in an interview. "If you add up all 500 of the top supercomputers, it blows them all away with just 2 million of its machines. It's very frightening that criminals have access to that much computing power, but there's not much we can do about it." Sergeant said researchers at MessageLabs see about 2 million different computers in the botnet sending out spam on any given day, and he adds that he estimates the botnet generally is operating at about 10 percent of capacity.
Comment Re:Couple more questions... (Score 1) 16
> I've been looking at adding wireless ethernet to my home as well, and from
> what research I've done, I think I'm going with the Orinoco RG-1000. But I do
> have a couple questions about this that maybe someone can help me with.
>
> First, what kind of drivers are there for linux?? Are they opensource
> drivers??
There are Lucent card drivers for Linux out there in the open source community, yes.
> And second, I have a Zyxel Prestige 310 hooked up to my cable modem that I use
> for NAT/Firewall/etc. Can I use the RG-1000 with my existing ethernet and
> still have the Zyxel handle all the router stuff?? Basically, I just want to
> add some wireless nodes to my network without changing anything else.
Yeah, just turn NAT off in the RG-1000 and everything will work just fine.
> what research I've done, I think I'm going with the Orinoco RG-1000. But I do
> have a couple questions about this that maybe someone can help me with.
>
> First, what kind of drivers are there for linux?? Are they opensource
> drivers??
There are Lucent card drivers for Linux out there in the open source community, yes.
> And second, I have a Zyxel Prestige 310 hooked up to my cable modem that I use
> for NAT/Firewall/etc. Can I use the RG-1000 with my existing ethernet and
> still have the Zyxel handle all the router stuff?? Basically, I just want to
> add some wireless nodes to my network without changing anything else.
Yeah, just turn NAT off in the RG-1000 and everything will work just fine.
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