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The Internet Worm
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In November 2, 1988, Robert Morris, a computer science graduate student at Cornell and the son of the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center, launched a worm that invaded thousands of Internet computers. "A Tour of the Worm" at kt-www.cs.titech.ac.jp/~natori/.../wormtour.html, written by Donn Seeley of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Utah, presents a chronology and a detailed description of the internal workings of the Internet worm. You'll find additional information and a good set of links if you connect to the About.com Guide to Internet/Network Security (netsecurity.miningco.com/library/blworm.htm). Is it ethical to release a harmless worm on the Internet? Visit sites on computer ethics, such as the one found at North Carolina State University's www2.ncsu.edu/eos/info/computer_ethics. Search on key phrases "Internet worm and computer ethics" and link to various articles that analyze the ethics of computer hacking.
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Denial of Service Attacks   The Internet Worm attack occurred 10 years ago. Today other attacks are wreaking temporary havoc on the Internet, and denial of service attacks are the most common. Read this article, written by Wallace Wang, to learn what a denial of service attack is, whether it is easy to accomplish, and what you can do to prevent one. The end of the article has a valuable group of links to more information about Denial of Services Attacks. You can also read the paper Smurfing: The Latest Denial of Service Attack to learn about the latest variation in denial of service.

Hackers Strike Silicon Investor   Silicon Investor is the Web's premier stock trading site. It was shut down in early 1998 by a denial of service attack. You can read about that attack and its impact in this article from ZDNet News. Also check out the links to articles that describe other recent Internet attacks.
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