What was "The Worm"? THE WORM WAS A PROGRAM WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS TO RUN COPIES OF ITSELF ON OTHER COMPUTERS. BASIC WORM M.O.: FIND THE NAMES OF SOME REMOTE COMPUTERS. FIND WAYS TO "LOG ON" TO SOME OF THESE REMOTE COMPUTERS. EXECUTE COMMANDS TO COPY THE WORM PROGRAM TO THE REMOTE COMPUTERS. START RUNNING THE COPIES ON THE REMOTE COMPUTERS. FATAL FLAW: SINCE SPREAD WAS RATHER RANDOM AND A BIT TOO FAST, ONE MACHINE MIGHT END UP RUNNING MANY COPIES OF THE WORM.

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This page is part of a section of lecture slides related to " The Internet Worm " within the topic "Computer Security: A Case Study?". Other slides within this section and other sections of slides for the topic "Computer Security: A Case Study?" can be accessed using the links below. Paranoia Raising Some Sample Security Problems The Internet Worm The Internet Worm What was "The Worm"? Finding Machine Names How the Worm Broke in Password Guessing The SENDMAIL "Trap Door" The Finger Server Bug Computer Memory Organization Computer Memory and Program Variables Memory Overflow The Finger Bug It Couldn't Happen Again! Could it?