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Morris Worm Turning 20

Posted by Soulskill on from the malware-what-is-that dept.

netbuzz writes "The Internet will mark an infamous anniversary Sunday, when the Morris worm turns 20. Considered the first major attack on the 'Net, Morris served as a wake-up call about the risk of software bugs, and it set the stage for network security to become an important area of computer science. It was also the first time many non-techies heard of the 'Net, as the mainstream media covered the story extensively." Reader maximus1 contributes a brief ITWorld story about Robert Morris himself.

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  1. Re:Wow... by Facegarden · · Score: 4, Informative

    Found something:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2i_6j55bS0
    Its so silly now it almost seems like a joke. Luckily the people from MIT actually do seem reasonable, but the newscasters and their production team are just crazy.
    Man, i can't believe 1988 was 20 years ago... I was 4.
    -Taylor

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  2. Re:He invented the Net then? by Drooling+Iguana · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, he sponsored the bill to create the Internet when he was in Congress.

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  3. Re:He invented the Net then? by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here, learn something...
    http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp

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  4. Re:Doesn't make sense by osu-neko · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, and it was during his congressional career that he and a number of other congressmen did take the initiative in drafting and passing legislation that would move the Internet from an military and academic network into something we could all use, in effect, creating the public Internet as we know it today. He never claimed to have invented the Internet, he did claim to have taken the initiative, and a bit of fact-checking proves what he said was indeed true.

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