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- From: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
- Subject: Internet worm
- In-Reply-To: gaynor@inferno.rutgers.edu (Silver)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.135713.27735@nntp.hut.fi>
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- Reply-To: jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala)
- Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- References: <1992Nov21.170010.3289@eff.org> <9211211820.AA14627@crocus.cit.cornell.edu> <1992Nov21.184453.4548@eff.org> <Nov.22.20.51.11.1992.20989@inferno.rutgers.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 13:57:13 GMT
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- In article <Nov.22.20.51.11.1992.20989@inferno.rutgers.edu>, gaynor@inferno (Silver) writes:
- >THE PERSECUTION OF MORRIS WAS UNJUSTIFIED (and I _hate_ using all-caps for
- >emphasis). It was his graduate project in computer risks and security. Given
- >the worm's tenacity, the likelihood of its accidental release is high enough to
- >believe that its release _was_ accidental. Regardless, it did nothing more
- >than propagate itself. Many consider his worm a good thing.
-
- [ in comp.admin.policy among other groups ]
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- So, was it a graduate project?
-
- //Jyrki
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