"The buffer overflow has long been a feature of the computer security landscape. In fact the first self-propagating Internet worm—1988's Morris Worm—used a buff

"The buffer overflow has long been a feature of the computer security landscape. In fact the first self-propagating Internet worm—1988's Morris Worm—used a buffer overflow in the Unix finger daemon to spread from machine to machine." I thought the daemon exploited was sendmail? ... quick search later ... so the fingerd was used. Good explanation here: ~ Eugene H. Spafford, "The Internet Worm Program: An Analysis" http://spaf.cerias.purdue.edu/tech-reps/823.pdf http://spaf.cerias.purdue.edu/tech-reps/823.pdf