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XSS Warhol Worm

The above sections focus on a single Internet user. However, what if we want to exploit a

number of users? We are now talking about a worm. A normal worm on the Internet has a

very inefficient means of propagation; it must scan the Internet looking for vulnerable

machines. Once it finds one, the parent node continues to scan the Internet while the child

re-scans the same Internet space, making it completely inefficient. The solution to this

method of propagation is called a Warhol worm.

A Warhol Worm, coined by Nicholas C Weaver

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