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>> PS: Worm? Virus? Who wrote this up concisely first?
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>Shockwave Rider by John Brunner
No -- "When Harlie was One", by David Gerrold. It was published in
1972; "Shockwave Rider" was from 1975. (Source: catalog.loc.gov)
Gerrold, btw, called it a virus that spread via autodialers (well, this
was 1972). He also described a "vaccine" program.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)
