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Wired To Publish Slammer Source Code

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the here-take-two-copies dept.

Juan Carlos writes "Wired Magazine is going to publish the source code to the SQL Slammer worm in its next issue, due Tuesday, along with some kind of play-by-play of the worm's rapid spread. I actually think this is a neat idea for an article. But the fact is, the disassembly of Slammer (aka Sapphire) has been available on the Net since late January -- just hours after the worm started to spread."

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  1. Source code by spakka · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, they will publish the assembly code. Not the same thing.

  2. Re:Good idea by monkey_tennis · · Score: 3, Informative

    Exactly right. As the link above shows the code is in assembley langauge, which most people would need some help with.

  3. Re:So, by Paul+Boutin · · Score: 3, Informative

    Wired published the compete DeCSS Perl script, with an explanation of how it worked, under the headline "DVD Hacking for Dummies," three years ago. No one noticed.

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    Paul Boutin | writer for Slate, Wired, etc