Security Systems with AI

sakky · 2003-10-14T06:17:03

I was discussing computer security systems and viruses with one of my friends earlier today. We came up with this crazy idea for a supreme security system. It would be one that defends it’s self by attacking its attackers to protect its self from hacks and viruses. We came up with a name for it—“Tyrant”. A voice activated and operated security system. It would identify a person by their voice as you would identify a person with their finger prints. Tyrant’s primary goal is to serve you like a secretary. It would load programs and play games once you spoke the command. To protect it’s self, it would use many hack tricks against hackers trying to break the system. When a hack is uncovered, it then quickly finds a solution to deal with the offenders efficiently. This would include hacking their systems or dropping in a deadly computer virus to destroy or shutdown their system, making Tyrant an efficient system killer. It would make use out of some of the best AI algorithms to aid in it’s destruction against prying eyes. Just like a Quake3 bot seeks and destroys so does Tyrant. I think it would be awesome to have an artificial intelligent security system at your side. You could talk to it and it would listen to you. Better then some other people I know. My friend and I then came to the conclusion, what if the damn thing turned on us? We would be screwed.

Artificial Intelligence Programming

Started by sakky October 08, 2003 01:33 AM

18 comments, last by sakky 20 years, 6 months ago

SyntheticHate

146

October 09, 2003 03:59 PM

I don't think having the system attack the attackers is a great idea. What if someone were to get a program onto an innocent person's computer that was designed to attack that security system to direct any possible counterattack away from the one actually responsible? People could even go so far as to attack other people by putting such a program on their victim's computer just so that it would be attacked by the so called security system.

[edited by - SyntheticHate on October 9, 2003 5:03:55 PM]

Anonymous

October 13, 2003 08:28 AM

Hi, having some problems (I''m at someone else''s computer and I forgot my password) so I''m posting as a guest. Anyway, if Tyrant was that smart it could lauch nukes remotely. That is BAD. On the other hand, there is always the OFF button... but Tyrant would copy itself to other machines and keep yours on with their power. They could launch attackls on web servers and commandeer the pages... We have Slammer Jr, guys. We need an infallible way to turn it off, because it would reprogram itself, mabye not to accept terminate program commands. We would either need an infallible OFF, or have it completely user controlled. On the other hand, what about evil users?

To make a long story short, make an infallible OFF.

neo88

100

October 13, 2003 09:01 AM

what if there was a power outage, and you''re backup generator failed to kick in, and a evil user did something evil?

My Kung Fu is stronger.May the Source be with you.neo88

Anonymous

October 13, 2003 09:45 AM

Well, it would not go out all over the world at once.

Extrarius

1,412

October 13, 2003 01:24 PM

Well, to be serious: It would be illegal in many countries to make a program to atack other computers, or at least to use it. Also, what happens if somebody attacks you using a computer with the AI program on it? If it can learn, what happens is that you counter attack, they counter attack better, you counter attack better etc until both computers are entirely devoid of ''life''. I don''t know about you but I, personally, would not want some ''super AI'' on my pc fighting with another one somewhere.

Preventing access sounds like a MUCH better idea. It would also be good if there was a site for it to monitor to download info about new security holes so it could automatically turn off/block the ports of/etc problematic services/servers until a patch is released. Of course, that would only work if it ran on a gateway rather than desktop machines (don''t think people would like being told all the programs they use daily can''t be run because they are a security risk - need to do something else about that).

"Walk not the trodden path, for it has borne it's burden." -John, Flying Monk

Anonymous

October 13, 2003 01:29 PM

Talk is cheap.

intrest86

742

October 13, 2003 01:34 PM

So wait... what happens if Tyrant1 is protecting a college campus, and a student attacks corporation X that is protected with Tyrant2. What happens?? Do they duke it out? Maybe you could even make a web stream of virtual tyrant fighting. Sounds like a plan to me ^_^

Turring Machines are better than C++ any day ^_~

Anonymous

October 13, 2003 05:30 PM

I think we need a better name for a defense program than Tyrant. How about Guardian Angel, or GA? Why don''t we have GAs have virus defenitions, but also able to identify new viruses. When a GA finds a virus, it updates the virus defenitions of GAs all over the world. Also, if a new security hole is discovered, GA could reprogram out the hole, including if the hole was in GA itself. GA would notify other GAs if it was infected; GA would block all incoming data from known infected computers. If there was an epidemic all GAs would block all their incoming or outgoing internet transmissions.