Morris : a consultant ? (was Re: Former Hacker's Intro)
Marc Dacier (dac@zurich.ibm.com)
Wed, 14 Feb 1996 13:52:52 +0100
On Feb 12, 8:46, Rattray, A. wrote:
> Subject: RE: Former Hacker's Intro
[...]
> Robert Morris is now making a living as a computer consultant isn't
> he?
Hmmm .... Are you sure ?
I think it's a urban legend ...
According to the internet worm FAQ in the -excellent- COAST archive,
he was working on his Ph.D at Harvard University.
Well, this was in sept. 1994 but ...
In /pub/doc/morris_worm/FAQ you can read the following :
******From coast.cs.purdue.edu/pub/doc/morris_worm/FAQ****
Robert T. Morris, the author of the Internet Worm program, was
convicted of a Federal felony in the case. The law involved was 18 USC
1030 (A)(5)(a), the Computer Crime and Abuse Act of 1986. He was found
guilty in February of 1990 in US District Court in Syracuse, NY.
In May of 1990, he was sentenced -- outside of Federal sentencing
guidelines -- to 3 years of probation, 400 hours of community service,
and $10,050 in fines plus probation costs. His lawyers appealed the
conviction to the Circuit Court of Appeals, and the conviction was
upheld. His lawyers then appealed to the Supreme Court, but the Court
declined to hear the case -- leaving the conviction intact.
For a while, Robert was (allegedly) working as a programmer
(non-security related) for CenterLine Software (makers of CodeCenter,
et. al.). More recently, Robert has been working on his Ph.D. under
the direction of H.T. Kung at Harvard University.
To the best of my knowledge, he has not spoken publicly about the
incident, nor has he attempted to work in computer security.
--gene spafford
Sept. 1994
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If Spaf is reading this list, could he comment on that ?
Marc.
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