[25854] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: History question, Morris worm
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (brett watson)
Sun Nov 21 19:22:58 1999
Message-Id: <199911220021.QAA11766@ug.mibh.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "21 Nov 1999 15:50:32 PST."
<19991121235032.27583.cpmta@c004.sfo.cp.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 16:21:24 -0800
From: brett watson <bwatson@mibh.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>
> >and what's more fun, when they come back up on jan 3 or whatever, they will
> >have whatever y2k problems then.
>
> I recall after the Morris worm hit the Internet, reading a report sites
> which unplugged their ARPANET connection were down longer than sites which
> remain connected and got repair information over the net.
>
> Does anyone else remember that, and knows a citation for the report (or
> news story) I'm recalling?
you are correct. the only reason i remember is because shortly after
that happened, i did a tech writing paper on worms/viruses for a
college course. i interviewed several of the admins on campus (kansas
state) and read some of the reports/emails they received from around
the net.
i doubt i still have my writing and suporting materials but i'll look
around and if i find anything i'll send it to you.
-brett
