Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!convex!killer!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!nrl-cmf!ames!pasteur!ucbvax!WPAFB-AMS1.ARPA!christevt%amsp6.decnet From: christevt%amsp6.decnet@WPAFB-AMS1.ARPA ("AMSP6::CHRISTEVT") Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Virus article, ETHICS article Message-ID: <8811240048.AA28916@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 23 Nov 88 15:05:00 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: "AMSP6::CHRISTEVT" Organization: The Internet Lines: 40 I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M Date: 23-Nov-1988 10:58 From: Victor ET Christensen CHRISTEVT Dept: Tel No: TO: _MAILER! ( _DDN[VIRUS-L@LEHIIBM.BITNET] ) TO: _MAILER! ( _DDN[TCP-IP@SRI-NIC.ARPA] ) TO: _MAILER! ( _DDN[ETHICS-L%MARIST.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU] ) Subject: Virus article, "ethics" article The 21 November 1988 issue of "Government Computer News" (GCN) has two articles that might be of interest to y'all: "BIG GUNS TAKE AIM AT VIRUS," by Neil Munro, starting on page one and continuing on page 100; subject matter should be pretty obvious. "WHY SOFTWARE DEFECTS SO OFTEN GO UNDISCOVERED," by William E Perry, on page 85; mentions some reasons why bugs/holes like those exploited by the current worm don't get fixed...sounds like a bit of ethics to me. So as not to violate any copyright laws, I have not included either article in part/full...if there's enough interest to have them posted here, I'll contact GCN and ask them for permission to do so; reply to my account, not the mailing list, if you'd like to see them here. ET B ME VIC ! ------