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Don't Forget That Worms Happen Everywhere

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-think-about dept.

friday2k writes "Securityfocus has a nice column on Worms and their origin in 1988. It explains what everybody should never forget. We have dealt with *NIX worms (Sadmind, li0n, ...) and they will come back again. Maybe then the MS fanatics will laugh and say: didn't we always tell you Open Source is insecure (too?) ..."

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  1. Re:Yeah maracuyeah by Nastard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not quite. I've had three of four firsts today (logged in). I hit the karma cap, so I wanted to burn a few points and work my way back up.

    And yes, I am that bored.

  2. The only good worm.... by Jailbrekr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    was worms Armageddon.

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  3. Origin of Worms 1988? by spagma · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hey I remember going fishing with worms long before then, atleast by 1982.

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