steve@note.nsf.gov (Stephen Wolff) (07/22/89)
COMPUTER SECURITY: Virus Highlights Need for Improved Internet Management
(GAO/IMTEC-89-57) is the first U.S. General Accounting Office report that
has been made available on a wide-area computer network. The report is
particularly relevant to Internet users -- it examines Internet security
and vulnerability to issues and factors relating to the the prosecution of
virus crimes.
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