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88178609
Title: Greater Awareness of Security in Aftermath of Computer Worm
Authors: Shulman, Seth; Palca, Joseph
Journal: Nature Vol: 336 Iss: 6197 Date: Nov 24, 1988 pp: 301
Jrnl Code: GNAA ISSN: 0028-0836 Jrnl Group: Academic; SciTech
Abstract: The recent attack of an unauthorized computer program upon thousands
of computer systems around the US using the ARPANET, Milnet and NSF
Net computer networks and the ensuing debate over the need for
increased security are described. Illustration
Subjects: Computers & computer technology; Computer crime; Security systems
Type: Feature
Length: Medium (10-30 col inches)
88162631
Title: Another Infection
Authors: Anonymous
Journal: Time Vol: 132 Iss: 24 Date: Dec 12, 1988 pp: 33
Jrnl Code: GTIM ISSN: 0040-781X Jrnl Group: News
Abstract: Only five weeks after the Defense Department's Arpanet computer
network was infected by a computer virus, the Mitre Corp has warned
the Pentagon that the Milnet military information system has also
been violated.
Subjects: Computer crime; Computer networks; Department of Defense
Companies: Mitre Corp
Type: News
Length: Short (1-9 col inches)
88148837
Title: Worming Into a Computer's Vulnerable Core
Authors: Peterson, Ivars
Journal: Science News Vol: 134 Iss: 20 Date: Nov 12, 1988 pp: 310
Jrnl Code: GSCN ISSN: 0036-8423 Jrnl Group: SciTech
Abstract: A computer virus recently invaded more than 6,000 computers linked
by ARPANET. Graduate student Robert T. Morris, Jr is thought to be
the originator of the program.
Subjects: Computers & computer technology; Computer programming & languages;
Security systems
Names: Morris, Robert Jr
Type: News
Length: Medium (10-30 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)