"Lazarevich, Alexander - The Worm - part 1" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lazarevich Alexander)

The phone rang: "I'm sorry I've told you last night a
bit more than I should have. May I ask a favor of you? I
understand I can' swear you to silence. You won't be able to
live alone with what you've learned for a long time. Sooner
or later you'll need to share it with somebody. So there's
only one thing I ask of you - don't disclose my true name.
If you need a name for me, let it be John Hacker."

"Hacker? Is this the slang word for programmers who
like you in your youth..."

"Yes, it is. But don't remind me about it anymore." And
he hung up...

2.

In 1982 John Hacker was 18 and he was indeed quite a
hacker. Back then, there were not so many computers in the
world as nowadays, but the process of linking them together
into the global network had already begun. Even with a
primitive home computer linked through a modem to a
conventional phone line one could already access
supercomputers on the other side of the globe. To be sure,
computers containing confidential data were protected
against an unauthorized entry with various passwords and
data protection systems incorporating the ingenuity of the
best programmers in the world. And it is here that the
strongest temptation and the greatest challenge to the young
minds lie. To outwit the wittiest programmers in the world -
is there a more tempting task for a youth longing to boost
his self-esteem? Such boys became hackers - computer fans,
who burned midnight displays in the hope to unlock one more
data bank with 'access denied'.

It was the hackers who invented the worms - the break-
in programs that use communication channels to worm their
way into protected computer systems where they breed and
then travel on through the networks to meet their new
victims. And victims they are, since the worms often have
computer viruses built into them - to leave for a keepsake
to the hospitable host computer.

In 1982 John Hacker finished his masterpiece. He gave
his worm a daunting name - "Prince of Darkness". That one
was not just a worm. That was The Ultimate SuperWorm! It was
the first worm that had the ability for self-perfection
built into it!

It was a memorable day for John when he inserted the
diskette with the finished worm into o the drive. For two