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Article #36785Re: Right of reply, virus- public, private- a thin line
From: Robert J Woodhead
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1989 06:30
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1989 06:30
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In article <20974@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> laba-2he@e260-1e.berkeley.edu (Oliver Juang) writes: > >What's the big deal about distributing the source code for vires? Compute! >publishes an entire book on the subject, with examples. Furthermore anyone >with a disassembler can disassemble a virus. > >Lawrence Y. Chiu; University of Berkeley, CA. The problem is that with source code, any jerk with MPW who can type can release a mutated version of the virus in an attempt to avoid the current detection programs (futile, we will catch it in a few weeks, but a pain). Whereas to disassemble and modify a virus without the source code takes a fair amount of knowledge and skill. +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Robert J Woodhead !uunet!cornell!biar!trebor CompuServe 72447,37 | | Biar Games, Inc., 10 Spruce Lane, Ithaca NY 14850 607-257-1708,3864(fax) | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Games written, Viruses killed "I'm the head honcho of this here spread; | | While U Wait. Take a number. I don't need no stinking disclaimers!!!" | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!cornell!biar!trebor From: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.apple,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Right of reply, virus- public, private- a thin line Message-ID: <173@biar.UUCP> Date: 1 Mar 89 06:30:23 GMT References: <14940@cup.portal.com> <817@sering.cwi.nl> <3945@ttidca.TTI.COM> <20974@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Reply-To: trebor@biar.UUCP (Robert J Woodhead) Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.st Organization: Biar Games, Inc. Lines: 22