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Re: Virussssss... Good to know
On Tue, 24 Dec 1996, Yuval El-Hanany wrote:
> through EMail. It used a bug in sendmail that did not check its buffer
> size and just assumed the message will fit. It was specifically designed
> to a certain UNIX architecture and just overwrote the code following the
> buffer and thus gained access to a root owned program. The authors of
> the virus were prosecuted, but one of them was related to one of the
Gagh, that's the bloody Morris worm. Not a virus, a WORM!
> the campfire, and that's the reason why while I certainly think the
> latest "virus warning" is fictional, I do not think so severe a flaming
> as Mark's is appropriate (but then I think that most flames are
My dear chap, it was a very mild flame compared to some I've produced.
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