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1-6-96. "Information-Warfare Defense Is Urged" The Defense Science Board said the Pentagon should launch counterattacks against computer hackers by injecting the attackers' computers with "a polymorphic virus that wipes out the system, takes it down for weeks." The report largely sidesteps as irrelevant the continuing controversy about the export of encryption codes. ----- IWD_ism
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." ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Mike McNally -- Egregiously Pointy -- Tivoli Systems, "IBM" -- Austin mailto:m5@tivoli.com mailto:m101@io.com http://www.io.com/~m101 ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
>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. [funny bit sadly removed] Ditto. Is there a URL I can go to for this report?