From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,URIBL_SBL,URIBL_SBL_A autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 485a8117 for ; Fri, 1 Nov 2019 21:56:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 99D439BFC0; Sat, 2 Nov 2019 07:55:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD6E49BF79; Sat, 2 Nov 2019 07:55:41 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccc.com header.i=@ccc.com header.b="qCy2F92Q"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id B054893DA3; Sat, 2 Nov 2019 07:55:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-qt1-f173.google.com (mail-qt1-f173.google.com [209.85.160.173]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17CEE9B92B for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2019 07:55:32 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-qt1-f173.google.com with SMTP id y10so8132297qto.3 for ; Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:55:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=rLGA0YMJKtgYsTJdeIWjeLMW+psovnmcdstp8u7XgIo=; b=qCy2F92Q//JmTmvwWUfIfx2iGPue8hsLyonZPKvS/jn3+Zw4hXhk4boa/lho3kL5Ku 5waduRO1BRvnyc9cI0NMhfqhOk6057cfy0dMtQDpC5NJyfZ+JR3TVIXR8rIn/Kk/DTVa EyQYVKn9Ud9gXoNI8qorFQJBNQ7d31aoN3vVU= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=rLGA0YMJKtgYsTJdeIWjeLMW+psovnmcdstp8u7XgIo=; b=GShrqB3ToFtz6lBsTzP9hVeE4kJ0KI3vWcIOwMZutNen/FB3ITNwSQWmKhxaF4CZNd fO6lTs2/JyRKlYFXjDfW8J9JVL2Px8M5psIPsmU095LowoYvvBrye47I7yLLV0+CDm+o 960fZqS4FFEHfZEAXf6b7dhCM3hIFElkn5mewPatpHVm/amoyLHBlF6mpObrewmhtlKH hQxwoGzu9kbZxSprjsGIor/TZxZhzISIcKlWYel9sxvVclns4GAhO+W47qZ5yvyEgGXN sTO7Tu1vuJB31BUVw7Vzk5Wlh7Zv3APvTVJdk1dYWE8hhRVck+RFlb1bv5Dk7V8eqGXi mMrA== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAU2CmogziEmEsBn5hwyFn5NONd/Jv6sLwvvjHliZzpSLaFiq3XZ oz5O2X6wT3NRMxD6AUftqiTPtYjzwF1wGBxQlxnpRivo X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqyOOusvyJ1xu8Uw/T8ZYvEZ/8e8bb02xTyyL3k6Q6kmyiRP3GXSI2E4++8xm/Pdx86EhA9WgyzGaKwo5JkNR1g= X-Received: by 2002:ac8:31c5:: with SMTP id i5mr1702176qte.33.1572645330876; Fri, 01 Nov 2019 14:55:30 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 14:55:19 -0700 Message-ID: To: Dan Cross Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000004e0c2405965006ab" Subject: Re: [TUHS] [COFF] Happy birthday, Morris Worm! X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Computer Old Farts Followers , The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --0000000000004e0c2405965006ab Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +1. Well said Dan. We all have made and will make mistakes in the future. It was an error and we all learned from it. It=E2=80=99s not helpful to continue to hark back = on it. On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 2:13 PM Dan Cross wrote: > On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 4:37 PM Dave Horsfall wrote: > >> The infamous Morris Worm was released in 1988; making use of known >> vulnerabilities in Sendmail/finger/RSH (and weak passwords), it took out >> a >> metric shitload of SUN-3s and 4BSD Vaxen (the author claimed that it was >> accidental, but the idiot hadn't tested it on an isolated network first)= . >> A >> temporary "condom" was discovered by Rich Kulawiec with "mkdir /tmp/sh". >> >> Another fix was to move the C compiler elsewhere. >> > > This comes up every year, but could I ask that you please stop referring > to Robert T. Morris as an idiot? He acted foolishly and destructively, ye= s, > but he was quite young at the time and he paid for his mistake. He's gone > on to do very good work in systems and have a productive career; there > really is no need to continue to castigate him in this manner for a mista= ke > he made 31 years ago. > > - Dan C. > > _______________________________________________ > COFF mailing list > COFF@minnie.tuhs.org > https://minnie.tuhs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coff > --=20 Sent from a handheld expect more typos than usual --0000000000004e0c2405965006ab Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+1.=C2=A0 Well said Dan. =C2=A0

We all have made and will make mistak= es in the future.=C2=A0 It was an error and we all learned from it.=C2=A0 I= t=E2=80=99s not helpful to continue to hark back on it.=C2=A0
On Fri, N= ov 1, 2019 at 2:13 PM Dan Cross <cro= ssd@gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Nov 1, 2019 at 4:37 PM Dave Horsfall &l= t;dave@horsfall.org<= /a>> wrote:
The infamous Morris Worm was released in 1988; ma= king use of known
vulnerabilities in Sendmail/finger/RSH (and weak passwords), it took out a =
metric shitload of SUN-3s and 4BSD Vaxen (the author claimed that it was accidental, but the idiot hadn't tested it on an isolated network first= ). A
temporary "condom" was discovered by Rich Kulawiec with "mkd= ir /tmp/sh".

Another fix was to move the C compiler elsewhere.


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