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IETF RFC 1135
[ACTIVE]

Helminthiasis of the Internet

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Publisher
IETF
Doc Type
Informational
Pages
33
Abstract
This memo takes a look back at the helminthiasis (infestation with, or disease caused by parasitic worms) of the Internet that was unleashed the evening of 2 November 1988. This RFC provides information about an event that occurred in the life of the Internet. This memo does not specify any standard. This document provides a glimpse at the infection, its festering, and cure. The impact of the worm on the Internet community, ethics statements, the role of the news media, crime in the computer world, and future prevention is discussed. A documentation review presents four publications that describe in detail this particular parasitic computer program. Reference and bibliography sections are also included.
Publication Date
1989-12-01
Status Note
Informational
DOI
10.17487/RFC1135
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC1135
Author(s)
Joyce K. Reynolds
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Bibliographic Reference(s)

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "Teaching Students About Responsible Use of Computers", MIT, 1985-1986. Also reprinted in the Communications of the ACM, Vol. 32, No. 6, Pg. 704, Athena Project, MIT, June 1989. EXTERNAL
  • DCA DDN Defense Communications System, "DDN Security Bulletin 03", DDN Security Coordination Center, 17 October 1989. EXTERNAL
  • Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility, "CPSR Statement on the Computer Virus", CPSR, Communications of the ACM, Vol. 32, No. 6, Pg. 699, June 1989. EXTERNAL
  • Allman, E., "Sendmail - An Internetwork Mail Router", University of California, Berkeley, Issued with the BSD UNIX documentation set, 1983. EXTERNAL
  • Eisenberg, T., D. Gries, J. Hartmanis, D. Holcomb, M. Lynn, and T. Santoro, "The Computer Worm", Cornell University, 6 February 1989. EXTERNAL
  • Eichin, M., and J. Rochlis, "With Microscope and Tweezers: An Analysis of the Internet Virus of November 1988", Massachusetts Institute of Technology, February 1989. EXTERNAL
  • Spafford, E., "The Internet Worm Program: An Analysis", Computer Communication Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, ACM SIGCOM, January 1989. Also issued as Purdue CS Technical Report CSD-TR-823, 28 November 1988. EXTERNAL
  • National Science Foundation, "NSF Poses Code of Networking Ethics", Communications of the ACM, Vol. 32, No. 6, Pg. 688, June 1989. Also appears in the minutes of the regular meeting of the Division Advisory Panel for Networking and Communications Research and Infrastructure, Dave Farber, Chair, November 29-30 1988. EXTERNAL
  • Seeley, D., "A Tour of the Worm", Proceedings of 1989 Winter USENIX Conference, Usenix Association, San Diego, CA, February 1989. EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 742 [Superseded*]
  • IETF RFC 821 [Superseded*]
  • IETF RFC 1087 [Active*]
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