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RFC 1135: The Helminthiasis of the Internet (1989)
- jwilk 10y agoHTML version: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1135 https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1135
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- jwilk 10y agoWikipedia article about the worm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm
- DanBC 10y agoThe Morris worm has had some other postings here. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5302924 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5302924 Here's Eugene Spafford's write up: http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1701&context=cstech http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1701&... Here's Seeley's A Tour of the Worm: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~jeffay/courses/nidsS05/attacks/seely-RTMworm-89.html http://www.cs.unc.edu/~jeffay/courses/nidsS05/attacks/seely-... And here's With Microscope and Tweezers: http://www.mit.edu/~eichin/virus/main.html http://www.mit.edu/~eichin/virus/main.html
- csense 10y agoFor some context, this resulted in the author of the virus in question, Robert Morris, being the first person ever indicted under the CFAA. Morris later became one of the four founders of YC.