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90091236
Title: Sending a Signal
Authors: Denning, Peter J
Journal: Communications of the ACM Vol: 33 Iss: 8 Date: Aug 1990
pp: 11, 13
Jrnl Code: GACM ISSN: 0001-0782 Jrnl Group: SciTech; Academic
Abstract: An editorial discusses Robert Morris Jr's criminal sentence. Morris
was convicted in Jan 1990 of releasing a worm program into the
Research Internet in Nov 1988. Morris was given a suspended jail
term, a fine of $10,000 and 400 hours of community service.
Illustration
Subjects: Computer crime; Criminal sentences; Fines & penalties; Crime &
criminals
Names: Morris, Robert T Jr
Type: Editorial
Length: Medium (10-30 col inches)
90020575
Title: Morris Code
Authors: Hafner, Katie
Journal: New Republic Vol: 202 Iss: 8 Date: Feb 19, 1990 pp: 15-16
Jrnl Code: GTNR ISSN: 0028-6583 Jrnl Group: Commentary
Abstract: Robert Tappan Morris, the young man who infiltrated Internet, a
nationwide computer network, has recieved a stiff penalty from the
Justice Department. His crime was actually far less pernicious than
most others.
Subjects: Computer crime; Criminal sentences
Names: Morris, Robert T Jr
Type: Feature
Length: Long (31+ col inches)
89001456
Title: Hostile Takeovers
Authors: Wallich, Paul
Journal: Scientific American Vol: 260 Iss: 1 Date: Jan 1989 pp: 22-26
Jrnl Code: GSCA ISSN: 0036-8733 Jrnl Group: SciTech
Abstract: Computer networks like INTERNET that are accessible are also
vulnerable to computer viruses. Passwords and encryption may make
networks more secure.
Subjects: Computer networks; Security systems
Type: General Information
Length: Medium (10-30 col inches)
88149556
Title: 'Clever, Nasty and Definitely Antisocial'
Authors: Anonymous
Journal: Newsweek Vol: 112 Iss: 20 Date: Nov 14, 1988 pp: 24-25
Jrnl Code: GNEW ISSN: 0028-9604 Jrnl Group: News
Abstract: Cornell University graduate student Robert Morris, Jr. unleashed a
virus--a rogue computer program that replicates itself endlessly--in
Internet, a network that links 50,000 computers. Photograph
Subjects: Software; Viruses; Computer networks
Names: Morris, Robert Jr
Type: General Information
Length: Short (1-9 col inches)
88148517
Title: Worm Invades Computer Networks
Authors: Marshall, Eliot
Journal: Science Vol: 242 Iss: 4880 Date: Nov 11, 1988 pp: 855-856
Jrnl Code: GSCI ISSN: 0036-8075 Jrnl Group: SciTech; Academic
Abstract: Internet, the major computer network for researchers in the US and
overseas, was disrupted for two days last week due to the presence
of a computer virus. The virus and attempts by computer experts at
the University of California at Berkeley and the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology to cure it are examined.
Subjects: Computer crime; Computer networks; University of
California-Berkeley; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Type: News
Length: Long (31+ col inches)
88103028
Title: The Evolution of ARPANET
Authors: Schultz, Brad
Journal: Datamation Vol: 34 Iss: 15 Date: Aug 1, 1988 pp: 71, 73+
Jrnl Code: DAT ISSN: 0011-6963 Jrnl Group: SciTech; Business
Abstract: ARPANET, the world's first packet switching network, has been a
vital element in the nation's computer and communications research
activities, but its managers determined that it was technologically
obsolete. The ARPANET lives on in the networks it has spawned, now
known as the Internet. Photograph
Subjects: Telecommunications industry; Computers & computer technology
Type: Feature
Length: Long (31+ col inches)
88103027
Title: A Close-Up of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP)
Authors: Anonymous
Journal: Datamation Vol: 34 Iss: 15 Date: Aug 1, 1988 pp: 72
Jrnl Code: DAT ISSN: 0011-6963 Jrnl Group: SciTech; Business
Abstract: The entire Internet complies with the Internet Protocol (IP), which
was developed along with the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) to
meet the Defense department's especially tough internetworking
requirements.
Subjects: Telecommunications industry; Computers & computer technology;
Defense industry
Type: General Information
Length: Medium (10-30 col inches)