Re: There is a Virus among the DML

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Sun Aug 31 2003 - 14:38:06 EDT

UncleDuke wrote:

>>And consider that most of these things originate outside the US, often
>>in countries that couldn't care less about it.
>
>
> Not really.. The Melissa virus originated right here in good ole Jersey.
> Robert Morris(the Morris Worm of 1988) was at Cornell.

I was referring to computer security problems in general. If you want
to talk semantics, the Morris Worm was just a buggy experimental program
with no malicious intent. Morris could have been more careful, sure,
but he didn't set out to cause problems. 

-- 
-andy

http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota - andy-dml@levyclan.us
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