BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
ID:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR91-156
ENTRY:: January 20, 1995
ORGANIZATION:: Dartmouth College, Computer Science
TITLE:: An Overview of Computer Viruses in a Research Environment
TYPE:: Technical Report (paper)
REVISION:: 1
AUTHOR:: Bishop, Matt
NOTE:: The 'January' in DATE is an arbitrary placeholder.
DATE:: January 1991
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, email <reports@cs.dartmouth.edu>
RETRIEVAL:: For a paper copy, write to
       Technical Report Librarian
       Department of Computer Science
       Dartmouth College
       6211 Sudikoff Laboratory
       Hanover, NH 03755-3510
       USA
RETRIEVAL:: PDF at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/reports/TR91-156.pdf
ABSTRACT::
	The threat of attack by computer viruses is in reality a very
small part of a much more general threat, specifically attacks aimed
at subverting computer security. This paper examines computer viruses
as malicious logic in a research and development environment, relates
them to various models of security and integrity, and examines current
research techniques aimed at controlling the threats viruses in
particular, and malicious logic in gerneral, pose to computer systems.
Finally, a brief examination of the vulnerabilities of research and
development systems that malicious logic and computer viruses may
exploit is undertaken.
END:: ncstrl.dartmouthcs//TR91-156