tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082954141980125536.post397665570632699871..comments2008-02-25T12:27:52.208-05:00rschttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06357099531993534337noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082954141980125536.post-3257798504016901572008-02-25T12:27:00.000-05:002008-02-25T12:27:00.000-05:002008-02-25T12:27:00.000-05:00If I remember well Fred Cohen is saying in his book also 1983 .. he also mentions about trying to talk with IBM/MS [and others] about MSDOS design which ignored totally such things [viruses] but with no success. And he always tried to show the problems in OS/net service design/architecture and not exploiting a particular bug ..Sorin Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10903971441214777545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082954141980125536.post-32509575797986881672008-02-04T23:03:00.000-05:002008-02-04T23:03:00.000-05:002008-02-04T23:03:00.000-05:00Fred Cohen invented the first computer virus which ran on VAX VMS in the 1993-1984 time frame at USC. My memory is vague but it was probably 1983. He had his office across the hall from the lab where I worked on 6th floor Powell Hall. Since we were neighbors and fellow hackers when he got it working we were the first people he showed it to. He published about it soon afterward so it would not surprise me if a Unix virus was created shortly afterward.Renaissancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10866530772307754358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8082954141980125536.post-48810984244317794122008-02-02T17:00:00.000-05:002008-02-02T17:00:00.000-05:002008-02-02T17:00:00.000-05:00Hi Russ, I'm enjoying your series.<BR/><BR/>After reading Doug's paper I was curious to read :<BR/>J. A. Reeds, /bin/sh: The biggest UNIX“ security Loophole,11217-840302-04TM, AT&T Bell<BR/>Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (1984).<BR/><BR/>but a web search turns up nothing,<BR/>So I'm mentioning it here in case someone knows how I can find a copy, thanks.Mahthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863908675256558774noreply@blogger.com