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Definitely an interesting story. One connection I never made before was that 1) the worm gave computer security a shot in the arm and 2) Morris's father was a c
by jere 13y ago
Definitely an interesting story. One connection I never made before was that 1) the worm gave computer security a shot in the arm and 2) Morris's father was a computer security expert. I'm sure it's completely unrelated, but an interesting coincidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morris_(cryptographer) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Morris_(cryptographer)
- jpmattia 13y ago> I'm sure it's completely unrelated I'm less sure. Does RTM frequent these boards? His father authored the relevant unix manual IIRC (they used to be a bunch of binders above a unix hackers desk usually shipped from whoever sold you the system.) I also had in my head that his father was the likely source of the wizard password backdoor in sendmail. Anyway, would love to know for sure.
- mindcrime 13y agoDoes RTM frequent these boards? Assuming this is the real rtm, then he has an account, but he doesn't comment very often. https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=rtm https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=rtm
- bediger4000 13y agoThere was definitely speculation at the time that Morris the elder was the source of the DES encryption code in the worm. I can't google up any references, but I distinctly recall that idea bandied about.