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Article #3104Denning Key Registration Virus
From: Lynn R Grant
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 21:09
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1992 21:09
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I think we are witnessing the first virus that doesn't require any special code to operate. Just look at the sci.crypt forum. After Dorothy Denning's talk at the last NCSC conference about registering crypto keys with the goverment, there has been a tremendous response (mostly angry) on sci.crypt; the other day I checked the forum and there were 450 new postings since a day or two previous. Now postings are starting to be cross posted to the risks and privacy forums. This is sort of like the IBM XMAS virus, but it doesn't take any code. All you have to do is post a highly controversial item on a well-read forum, and wait for the responses to bring the network to its knees. Lynn Grant Grant @ DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL N8AF
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!jvnc.net!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews.cc.lehigh.edu!news From: Grant@DOCKMASTER.NCSC.MIL (Lynn R Grant) Newsgroups: comp.virus Subject: Denning Key Registration Virus Message-ID: <0016.9211101943.AA07075@barnabas.cert.org> Date: 6 Nov 92 21:09:36 GMT Sender: virus-l@lehigh.edu Lines: 15 Approved: news@netnews.cc.lehigh.edu