scott_j_f...@yahoo.com (Scott Ford) writes: > ________ > ??????? whats it XMASCARD
recent post http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2011b.html#9 mentions: there was xmas exec on bitnet in nov87 ... vmshare archive http://vm.marist.edu/~vmshare/browse?fn=CHRISTMA&ft=PROB and was almost exactly a year before (internet) morris worm (nov88) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm xmas exec was social engineering ... similar go some current exploits which advertise something that victim has to download and then (manually) explicitly execute (requires victim's cooperation). some additional http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2011b.html#10 misc. past posts mentioning bitnet (&/or earn) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#bitnet which used technology similar to the corporate internal network (larger than arpanet/internet from just about the beginning until late '85 or early '86): http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/subnetwork.html#internalnet ... and http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2011f.html#23 "fix" previous reference (missing trailing "l"): http://www.nsa.gov/research/selinux/list-archive/0409/8362.shtml in '89 there was several messages that were sent out that major internal corporate (MVS-based) administrative systems had fallen victim to a virus ... however after several iterations it was eventually announced that the systems were suffering from some bug. this selection of some internet related items/posts starts out with reference to corporate installed email gateway in fall of '82 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/internet.htm -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
