  For ages people have sought inspiration in nature. Biomimicry has been the
propelling power of such inventions, like Velcro tape or "cat's eyes" -
retroreflective road marking. At the same time, scientists have been developing
biologically inspired techniques: genetic algorithms, neural and sensor
networks, etc. Although at a first glance there is no direct inspiration behind
offensive and defensive techniques seen in the Internet and the patterns
present in nature, closer inspection reveals many analogies between these two
worlds. Botnets, DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks, IDS/IPSs
(Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems), and others, all employ strategies
which very closely resemble actions undertaken by certain species of the
kingdoms of living things. The main conclusion of the analysis is that security
community should turn to nature in search of new offensive and defensive
techniques for virtual world security.

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