Developing an Immunity to Spam

Terri Oda¹ and Tony White²

¹Carleton University
terri@zone12.com

²Carleton University
arpwhite@scs.carleton.ca

Abstract. Immune systems protect animals from pathogens, so why not apply a similar model to protect computers? Several researchers have investigated the use of an artificial immune system to protect computers from viruses and others have looked at using such a system to detect unauthorized computer intrusions. This paper describes the use of an artificial immune system for another kind of protection: protection from unsolicited email, or spam.

LNCS 2723, p. 231 ff.

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