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From: weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Virus in the future?
Keywords: viruses of the past
Message-ID: <16720@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 9 Nov 88 04:30:26 GMT
References: <74@dsoft.UUCP> <6470@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM>
Sender: usenet@agate.BERKELEY.EDU
Reply-To: weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student)
Followup-To: news.sysadmin
Organization: Brahms Gang Posting Central
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In-reply-to: mhw@wittsend.LBP.HARRIS.COM (Michael H. Warfield)

Note: news.sysadmin (about administrating systems) is more appropriate
than news.admin (about administrating netnews) for discussing the worm.

Followups have been directed there.

In article <6470@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM>, mhw@wittsend (Michael H. Warfield) writes:
>     Agreed!  And all the more reason to roast this guy over slow
>coals.  If others see him get away with it (and probably end up with a
>good job in computer security to boot) they will definitely get the idea
>that this is the "in" thing to do.  Lock him away but good, and they
>might think a bit before risking a 20 year sentence for a "prank".

WAKE UP!

It doesn't matter if people do or do not get the idea that this is an
"in" thing to do.  All it takes is ONE person to wreck REAL havoc on
the ARPANET.  Just ONE.  Think about it.  Whether or not *most* people
get the idea that random cracking is bad, you should run your system
on the assumption that there is ONE person out there who is going to
TOTALLY TRASH your system--if you let him.

Random cracking can take place nowadays because people like you are so
goddam concerned with getting the punitives right.  Do you leave your
front door wide open with signs saying "expensive stuff inside", trust-
ing to the LAW to protect your possessions?  HELL NO!!!  So why do you
treat your computers in this manner?  Hoping that the legal system is
going to protect you here is so totally misguided.  PROTECT YOURSELF!

ucbvax!garnet!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720