Re: [PLUG] Linux Virus Writing HOWTO

[Bill Jonas <bill@billjonas.com>]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 12:05:23PM -0500, Mental wrote:
> Why be alarmed?

I agree.

> Check out this link:

The abbreviated version (well, actually, the Ken Thompson talk that it
refers to) is available at <http://www.acm.org/classics/sep95/>.

> However, the reality of the situation is that despite the fact that
> viruses are possible on any platform, some are far more susceptible. The
> difficulty isn't in writing a "Unix virus" so much as writing a "Unix
> virus" that will reproduce prolifically enough that it will survive in
> 'the wild '. 

Exactly.  A couple of more-in-depth discussions of this are available
for perusal at:
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#virus
http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/#virus2

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