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