On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Doug wrote:
Here's a blurb from SciAm that traces computer
viruses back to 1949:
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/computers/computers9.html
Ah yes, this article references Fred Cohen, who is the guy who's article I
first read about viruses back in 1986. He based his Ph.D. thesis on
computer viruses and developed a "rigourous mathematical definition" to
describe them.
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Always hasslin' the man.
Coming in 1999: Vintage Computer Festival 3.0
See
http://www.vintage.org/vcf for details!
[Last web site update: 02/15/99]