Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!chcu321
From: chcu321@ut-emx.UUCP (Michael J. Liebman)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Possible Fines for Virus Perpetrator
Summary: more ifs...
Keywords: Morris, virus, internet
Message-ID: <7708@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 10 Nov 88 14:08:08 GMT
References: <456@l5comp.UUCP> <440@occrsh.ATT.COM> <312@pte.UUCP> <447@occrsh.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: chcu321@emx.UUCP (Michael J. Liebman)
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Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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Although the virus only slowed down machines, I don't think we should 
overlook the potential for damage by such a virus.  Suppose the virus
had infected a machine performing on-line process control calculations
at a large chemical plant?  Or if hospital emergency rooms could not
access medical histories?  Obviously, these are hypothetical cases, 
but I think they illustrate the difficulty in determining which types
of viruses are "relatively nondestructive".


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  Michael J. Liebman                     mjl%cheme1.decnet@iv1.cc.utexas.edu
  Department of Chemical Engineering     liebman@iv1.cc.utexas.edu
  University of Texas at Austin          chcu321@emx.cc.utexas.edu
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