There are basline security analyzers and vulnerability scanners out
there. It is those things that actually support true network worms, the
networking aspect is what networks are *supposed* to do. It is usually a
vulnerability that allows the parent to ensure its progeny is executed,
and this is what separates true worms from viruses.

By "no such thing", I was referring to your request:

"...a non-destructive, safe worm - one that doesn't do anything but
propagate..."

To be *safe* it must do *more* than just propagate - it must set serious
restrictions on itself. )

"dubya" wrote in message
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P.S.

You may be right that there is no such thing. I thought I might find
one on a security website, but quite a bit of searching before I
posted here turned up zilch. I guess people fear such a thing would be
turned to a destructive purposes - as some people here seemed to
assume. And perhaps too that someone using it to test their own setup
would not know enough to pull the cord to the internet.

Mike

"FromTheRafters" erratic @nomail.afraid.org wrote in message
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"dubya" wrote in message
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Hello\,

Does anyone know of a non-destructive, safe worm - one that doesn't
do anything but propagate and is easy to remove - that I can use for
testing in small networks?

There's no such thing, but there are things that come close.

You probably need to find another way of accomplishing what you want,
but 'what you want' isn't exactly clear in your post

Are you intending to study the worm, or are you trying to test a
network?