christevt%amsp6.decnet@WPAFB-AMS1.ARPA ("AMSP6::CHRISTEVT") (11/23/88)
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 23-Nov-1988 10:58
From: Victor ET Christensen
CHRISTEVT
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TO: _MAILER! ( _DDN[VIRUS-L@LEHIIBM.BITNET] )
TO: _MAILER! ( _DDN[TCP-IP@SRI-NIC.ARPA] )
TO: _MAILER! ( _DDN[ETHICS-L%MARIST.BITNET@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU] )
Subject: Virus article, "ethics" article
The 21 November 1988 issue of "Government Computer News" (GCN) has two
articles that might be of interest to y'all:
"BIG GUNS TAKE AIM AT VIRUS," by Neil Munro, starting on page one and
continuing on page 100; subject matter should be pretty obvious.
"WHY SOFTWARE DEFECTS SO OFTEN GO UNDISCOVERED," by William E Perry, on
page 85; mentions some reasons why bugs/holes like those exploited by
the current worm don't get fixed...sounds like a bit of ethics to me.
So as not to violate any copyright laws, I have not included either
article in part/full...if there's enough interest to have them posted here,
I'll contact GCN and ask them for permission to do so; reply to my account,
not the mailing list, if you'd like to see them here.
ET B ME
VIC
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