Nortel Networks revealed the anti-computer worm defences it had developed in-house after it was hit hard by last year's outbreaks of Nimda and Code Red 2.
In many ways Nortel's anti-worm defence is very similar to an intrusion detection system, albeit designed specifically to look out for network-aware worms.
Other end users attending the conference said they used some, but not all, of the techniques deployed by Nortel. But there was a marked scepticism from vendors about Nortel's ideas, and no particular appetite to rise to Morris challenge to commercialise an anti-worm defence system.
Politely said "This Project Was SHOT DOWN!"

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