tmpspa@eua4.ericsson.se (Stefan Parmark) (07/07/88)
I am investigating the possibilities to improve the security in Ellemtel's internal computer networks. Previously department TE was connected to Usenet via a phone modem. When they became aware of the danger with viruses and trojan horses they 'cut' that connection. To reach Usenet, I had to use a VAX from another department here. TE has at its disposal a VAX 11/750 with 4.3 BSD Unix and two Sun 3's with Sun Unix 4.2, which all are connected through an Ethernet. In order to investigate the dangers of viruses, I tried to write one myself, thereby being able to study its behaviour under controlled conditions (of course !!). Unfortunately my efforts have not been very successful yet. If anyone has any experience with this, either on VAX or Sun, I would be grateful for anything you could contribute with. Any source codes, preferably in C or Assembler, are highly appreciated. If you consider the information to delicate to spread on Usenet, you are welcome to send me a private mail instead. After all, my job is not to spread the knowledge of viruses to everyone, but to find a cure for them. tmpspa@eua4.ericsson.se Stefan Parmark Ellemtel [lvsj| Sweden
A.Eric@GSB-WHY.Stanford.EDU (Eric M. Berg) (07/11/88)
In order to investigate the dangers of viruses, I tried to write one myself, thereby being able to study its behaviour under controlled conditions (of course !!). Unfortunately my efforts have not been very successful yet. If anyone has any experience with this, either on VAX or Sun, I would be grateful for anything you could contribute with. Any source codes, preferably in C or Assembler, are highly appreciated. If you consider the information to delicate to spread on Usenet, you are welcome to send me a private mail instead. [....] "I'm trying to write a virus, but I can't. So please send me one. So that I can improve our security here. Really, it's for a good cause." Right. I assume that no one who reads INFO-VAX will be silly enough to respond positively to this request. Eric M. Berg Computer Facility Graduate School of Business Stanford University -------