Father Christmas (computer worm)

Father Christmas (computer worm)

The Father Christmas worm was a computer worm that used the DECnet to attack VAX/VMS systems. It was released in December 1988. [" History of Worms" "http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistir/threats/subsubsection3_3_2_1.html"]

References

ee also

* WANK worm

External links

* [http://www.users.qwest.net/~eballen1/father_xmas.txt "official 'Father Christmas' Worm Report"]


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