[net.ai] Tapeworms....

greenber@acf4.UUCP (12/15/84)

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I think this is the right newsgroups....

After just seeing 2010, I was reminded again about software tapeworms.
Now, forgetting about security on various systems, and trying not to
be system specific, how would you create one???

Consider what it has to do:
1)	Go through memory (of all types!) and remove all references to
	wombats.
2)	Do so in unknown structures, and not leave holes.
3)	Be above reproach (ie, if the program was searching for "wombats",
	it would attempt to remove "wombats" from itself, rendering it
	useless)
4)	Probably be able to burrow around for a while, and then pop
	back up to do its deed.  (Speaking of which, does anybody
	KNOW anything about the infamous Cookie Monster?)

Send to me, and I'll summarize.


Ross M. Greenberg  @ NYU   ---->  allegra!cmcl2!acf4!greenber  <----

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