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Vaginal and Anal Secretions Newsletter 051
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º Vaginal and Anal Secretions Newsletter #0051 º
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º Date Released : [07/04/92] Author: Mister Rogers º
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º Virus Updates. º
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This is an article about a virus-writing book that was first published
in COMPUTERWORLD Magazine...
-*- Virus Fighters Fume Over Little Black Book -
A little book is rattling a lot of chains in the computer security
business these days. A little black book, to be exact.
Only two weeks after being picked up by a small publishing house, "The
Little Black Book Of Computer Viruses" has initiated as nasty and divisive a
free speech battle as this community has seen.
That is because the 178-page ebony volume is chock full of the
necessary source code for creating potentially destructive viruses. And for
$15, the less technically inclined can simply send in a coupon and order
floppy disks already loaded with compiled and executible virus programs.
ANGER FLAMES
Professional virus fighters such as Alan Solomon at S&S International
are madder than angry hornets over the publication. They are encouring
anti-black book campaigns that include picketing author Mark Ludwig's house,
boycotting shops that sell the book, petitioning congress and even bringing
in lawyers.
Others said the books is relatively harmless because any hacker who
really wants to get virus source code only has to dial up one of the
innumerable hacker bulletin boards to quickly and easily download dozens of
viruses.
Critics dismissed Ludwig's First Ammendment defense as the
computational equivalent of yelling "Fire" in a crowded movie theater.
INHERENTLY 'EVIL'
"Any virus, by its nature, is evil, and Ludwig presents sample after
sample of ways to go about writing damaging code," said David Stang, chairman
of the International Computer security Association in Washington, D.C.
"The fundimental atraction of computers is that we can understand,
control, and predict what they do." he added. "We do not want that data messed
with, but Ludwig seems to think it's okay."
Not true, according to Ludwig, who claimed the purpose of this book is
not destructive but educational.
"Computer viruses are not evil, and programmers have a right to create
them, possess them and experiment with them," Ludwig said. "These viruses are
designed so that security people can see what a virus looks like and how it
behaves. How can anyone realistically be in charge of security without having
ever seen a virus?"
The book's hacket cautions that those who misuse its viruses can be
held legally liable, even if the misuse is unintentional. Additionally, Ludwig
said, the viruses in the book are protected by copyright law and anyone who
uses them without his permission will be subject to both civil and criminal
prosecution.
Stang has suggested that if Ludwig's althrustic claims are true, then
he should offer to donate the proceeds from "The Little Black Book Of Computer
Viruses" to a fund that would fight the spread of damaging viruses.
Others have suggested that Ludwig should have included "pseudo-code"
versions of the viruses, which contain enough information to illustrate a
point without providing a full working virus.
FIRST IN A SERIES.
The book is scheduled to be the first in a series of three books about
computer viruses. Ludwig first published the book himself last year and became
its primary salesman after it was reportedly turned down by a succesion of
publishers.
The Upland, Pa-based Diane Publishing Co. picked up the distribution
rights to "The Little Black Book Of Computer Viruses" earlier this month.
"We see nothing wrong with it," Diane Publising President Herman Baron
said. "We put it out for the simple reason that it fits with our catalog of
computer security books".
... And there it is... Kind of interesting sounding book. I am kind
of wondering if this Ludwig guy is a member of a virus writing group such as
NuKE or Phalcon/Skism or whatever. Also you may be saying, wow this book
sounds really cool. Where do I get it? Ahh well apparently the magazine didn't
feel obliged to tell us that. So here is a place you can order it from <This
took a while to find heh kind of an obscure ad in computer shopper - Here is
the classified ad word-for-word> :
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The Little Black Book Of Cpomputer Viruses Teaches You
how computer viruses work with 60 pages of assembly
language examples. 192 pages, $14.95 ppd. Flyer for
SASE. American Eagle Publications, Box 41401-S,
Tuscon AZ 85717.
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Anyhow hope ya like it. We will probably be having more re-print
type stuff coming up in VaS and less racially insulting papers (Thats all
been done already hehe). Anyhow keep reading these VaS files. That's why we
write them!
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