IIRC it used buffer vulnerabilities in the BSD tools too.
I (rarely) RC any more, but Wikipedia says : "The Morris worm worked by exploiting known vulnerabilities in Unix sendmail, Finger, rsh/rexec and weak passwords. The main body of the worm could only infect DEC VAX machines running BSD 4, and Sun 3 systems." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Worm -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.

