The Cornell commission: on Morris and the worm

After careful examination of the evidence, the Cornell commission publishes its findings in a detailed report that sheds new light and dispels some myths about Robert T. Morris and the Internet worm.

Morris Rubinoff was born in 1917 and received his B.A. in 1941, M.A. in 1942, and Ph.D. in 1946, from the University of Toronto. Rubinoff's early training was in mathematics and physics as an undergraduate and in physics as a graduate. The interest in ...

Self-propagating computer worms have been terrorizing the Internet for the last several years. With the increasing density, inter-connectivity and bandwidth of the Internet combined with security measures that inadequately scale, worms will continue to ...