Re: Morris Worm - 20th anniversary

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Suzanne Johnson <fuhn () pobox com>
Date: September 7, 2008 1:11:43 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] Morris Worm - 20th anniversary

Well, MOST of the Internet was eaten.  Many of the corporations and  
academic institutions fortunate enough to be connected to the Internet  
via CSnet were saved from the effects of the worm by quick thinking  
and acting network management staff at BBN.

I was responsible for Intel's Internet connectivity (via CSnet) back  
then.  Our link was taken down by network staff and stayed down until  
the danger passed.

Is that kind of network management possible and available in today's  
Internet?

        Suzanne



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> From: Harold Burstyn <burstynh () iname com>
> Date: September 6, 2008 6:41:30 PM EDT
> To: dave () farber net
> Subject: Re: [IP] Re:    NSF and the Birth of the Internet
>
> Edward Vielmetti wrote:
> ...Someone needs to also mention the Morris Worm - 20th  
> anniversarycoming up soon!....
>
> I sat through most of the trial of Robert T. Morris (held here in  
> Syracuse) and published two articles, a short one in the ABA Journal  
> and a longer one, "RTM and the Worm That Ate Internet", 92 Harvard  
> Magazine (May-June 1990), pp. 23-28. The latter provoked  
> correspondence in the July-August 1990 and May-June 1991 issues.
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