Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!dan-hankins
From: dan-hankins@cup.portal.com (Daniel B Hankins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Internet UNIX virus
Message-ID: <10984@cup.portal.com>
Date: 6 Nov 88 10:42:23 GMT
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Even though I disagree with Peter on the general issue of Unix infectability,
I'm going to have to back him up on this one specific instance.  After all,
this was a worm and not a virus.  Second, he's absolutely correct about it
taking advantage of a gaping hole in sendmail.  This makes it an EEV (Error
Exploiting Virus) as opposed to FEV (Feature Exploiting Virus).  I believe
these two terms are attributable to Kenneth R. Van Wyck.


Dan Hankins