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- VIRUS-L Digest Thursday, 10 Nov 1988 Volume 1 : Issue 3
-
- Today's Topics:
- Whole Earth Catalog virus prevention section
- Re: Internet worm proceedings
- Re: UH Business School gets hit by Brain (PC)
- Re: Previous re-posting of RISKS digest
- Re: The Virus That Hit Houston
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- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1988 10:21 EST
- Subject: Whole Earth Catalog virus prevention section
-
- I just saw an advance issue of the new Whole Earth Catalog, which is now
- called contact and published by Crown Publishers, 255 Park Ave South, NY
- NY I believe. (Stewart Brand, who originated the WEC idea) gave a talk
- in Banff and he was waving it around. It has a fairly extensive section
- on viruses and virus prevention programs, as well as other technology
- related types of stuff, and looks well worth reading. It may be in the
- bookstores already, though Stewart didn't think so. I will check in New
- York City next week.
-
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- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1988 11:34 EST
- From: Claudia Lynch <AS04@UNTVM1.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Internet worm proceedings
-
- Fortunately, in the United States, a civilian is assumed innocent
- until proven guilty. I say let the normal course of "justice" take its
- course. All any of us on this list have to go on is "hearsay".
-
- Claudia Lynch
- Academic Computing Services
- University of North Texas
- Denton, Texas
-
- [Ed. Does anyone have any reliable updates in the RTM case? There's
- been a lot of debate (on the Usenet group comp.protocols.tcp-ip) as to
- whether or not Mr. Morris should be charged. Some say that, "he
- didn't intend for the harm..." while others say "regardless of intent,
- harm was done...". It will be interesting to see just what happens in
- this case. How do others feel about it?]
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- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 88 12:42:21 CDT
- From: "James N. Bradley" <ACSH@UHUPVM1>
- Subject: Re: UH Business School gets hit by Brain (PC)
-
- The UH Business School was hit by the Brain virus. According to news
- reports, they handled it fairly quickly, and limited damage.
- According to the Houston Chronicle, some students reported minor loss
- of data, but the quotes out of the administration indicated that it
- was more of a nuisance than a disaster.
-
- Jim Bradley
- Computing Information Services
- University of Houston
- Acknowledge-To: <ACSH@UHUPVM1>
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- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1988 14:06:16 EST
- From: Ken van Wyk <luken@spot.CC.Lehigh.EDU>
- Subject: Re: Previous re-posting of RISKS digest
-
- Earlier today, I sent out a re-posting of some virus-related RISKS digest
- material. In editing the message, I believe that I removed some relevant
- information inadvertantly. To clarify what was removed:
-
-
- Subscription/unsubscription requests for the RISKS forum should be
- sent to:
-
- <RISKS-Request@CSL.SRI.COM>
-
- Submissions to the RISKS forum should be sent to:
-
- <RISKS@CSL.SRI.COM>
-
-
- I apologize for any confusion that this may have caused.
-
- Ken
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- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 88 12:58:22 CDT
- From: Frank San Miguel <ACS1S@UHUPVM1>
- Subject: Re: The Virus That Hit Houston
-
- The Virus That Hit Houston... whatta name for a movie. A Brain or
- "brain"-type virus hit the University of Houston's College of Business
- recently. Technicians say they've got it under control, but students
- are still grumbling about lost info. That's the scoop.
-
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