[pchelpers] Article:Morris worm turns 20: Look what it's done

By Carolyn Duffy Marsan

October 30, 2008 (Network World)  The Internet will mark an infamous
anniversary on Sunday, when the Morris worm turns 20.

Considered the first major attack on the 'Net, the Morris worm served as
a wake-up call to the Internet engineering community about the risk of
software bugs, and it set the stage for network security to become a
valid area of research and development. (Watch a slideshow of the 10
worst moments in network security history.)

More here:
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9118739&intsrc=news_ts_head
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