From: Mike McNally <m5@vail.tivoli.com>
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Message Hash: 861138fc0633d2965afdb0586149a7c7156cd3a457efb599cf153fdc7e6f65bb
Message ID: <32D143DE.35B5@vail.tivoli.com>
Reply To: <1.5.4.32.19970106174418.00665a90@pop.pipeline.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-01-06 18:27:34 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 10:27:34 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike McNally <m5@vail.tivoli.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 10:27:34 -0800 (PST)
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: IWD_ism
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970106174418.00665a90@pop.pipeline.com>
Message-ID: <32D143DE.35B5@vail.tivoli.com>
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John Young wrote:
>
> ... injecting the attackers' computers with "a polymorphic
> virus that wipes out the system, takes it down for weeks."
Looks to me like somebody's trying to land a job writing X-Files
scripts.
- "Mulder, are you saying that virus was ... polymorphic? And that's
what wiped out the system?"
- "We both know a virus like that can take a system down for weeks.
Now I'm just worried about what it'll do next."
- "I didn't think anybody had actually made a successful polymorphic
virus?"
- "They haven't. Until now."
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