• DocumentCode
    801846
  • Title

    Merry christma: an early network worm

  • Author

    Capek, Peter G. ; Chess, David M. ; White, Steve R. ; FEDELI, ALAN

  • Author_Institution
    IBM T. J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    26
  • Lastpage
    34
  • Abstract
    A computer worm disguised as a benign holiday greeting spread rapidly via email and clogged up networks worldwide. The story is all too common today, but this happened to corporate and university mainframes in 1987, in the infancy of the computer virus problem, even before the famous Internet, or Morris, worm. This article reviews 1987´s relevant global networking environment, the way the Christma worm spread, the events surrounding its worldwide propagation, and the surprising effect it had once it got inside IBM.
  • Keywords
    computer networks; computer viruses; electronic mail; Christma Exec; Christma Worm; IBM; computer networks; computer virus problem; computer worm; corporate mainframes; email; global networking environment; network worm; university mainframes; Collision mitigation; Computer displays; Computer security; Computer worms; Hardware; Internet; Postal services; Privacy; Virtual machining; Virtual manufacturing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSECP.2003.1236232
  • Filename
    1236232
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=801846