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From: weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: No RTM trial?
Message-ID: <16966@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 14 Nov 88 14:43:27 GMT
References: <16953@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <5424@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>
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In-reply-to: spaf@cs.purdue.edu (Gene Spafford)

In article <5424@medusa.cs.purdue.edu>, spaf@cs (Gene Spafford) writes:
>In article <16953@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) writes:
>>Perhaps no charges will even be brought against RTM, on the grounds
>>that NSA and others are more worried about the worm program becoming
>>public knowledge.

>Easily remedied.

Really?  I read in the papers that you were visited by NSA types, Gene.
Who apparently wanted the code kept under wraps.  Can you clarify?

>		   There are lots of reverse-engineered versions of
>the code out there, and new versions could be put together with
>a modicum of effort.  All we need to do is post one such version.

Ah, I see you are arguing closer to my side now.  One as might as well
make it a dandy all-purpose worm, with lots of include files for mix
and match bug exploitation.

>There is no law against that....

I don't know.  If current laws *do* apply to Morris's actions, does pro-
viding the code make one an accessory?

>				 In fact, that would make an interesting
>tech report, no?

There have been calls for a virus RFC, and also rumors that NSA is going
to prepare a report on it too.

What's that ancient Jewish curse?  "May you live in interesting times."

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