Re: UKNM: Love bug bust

[Kief Morris]

Ray Taylor typed the following on 17:55 15/05/00 +0100

 >

<Tim [dot] Haywardjwt [dot] com> asks:

 >

 >> How do think it worked that out? Perhaps there was a little bit of code

 >that

 >> sorted out whether the recipient left the lavatory seat up or down.

 >

 >I'm only guessing, but if there was a degree of sex discrimination (down

 >Stefan!) then it could have been done reasonably accurately by name - eg

 >Tim=m, Tara=f, Alex=?


Seems unlikely - the file would be pretty damn big if it included a database

of names. I suppose it could use a Net enabled database, but as the

writers of the Bug discovered with the password snarfing code, relying on

a Net connection for a worm is unreliable and vastly increases your chances

of getting caught. But then, so does putting your name in the source code!


\kief


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