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From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Questions about UNIX viruses
Message-ID: <11685@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 2 Apr 91 18:33:00 GMT
References: <1991Apr01.203128.13427@esleng.ocunix.on.ca> <1177@cthulhuControl.COM>
Reply-To: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley
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In article <1177@cthulhuControl.COM> raisch@Control.COM (Robert Raisch) writes:
>It should be noted that the [Internet] Worm used WELL KNOWN trapdoors and
>flaws in systems software to attack.  Both Sun and Dec were aware of these
>security holes as far back as 1980.

Oh really?  Please produce some evidence to this effect.  Also, for those
of you who knew these so well, why did you not inform Berkeley CSRG?

This is not intended as a flame on Robert Raisch; the rumor that the
finger and sendmail bugs were `well known' goes around regularly, but
seems to have no real grounds.
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