Linux viruses (was Re: Organizing for ITEC)

[Leo Mauler]

Should a poster listing Linux viruses have anything
more on it than a list of the Viruses?  The
information on each virus varies from virus to virus,
so it would be a little difficult to come up with
common categories.

For example, "Bliss" is not found in the wild, but
"Staog" was found in the wild in 1996.  The trouble is
that the vulnerabilities exploited by "Staog" were
quickly patched, so "Staog" has not been seen in the
wild since 1996.  Security patches have resulted in a
lot of these viruses no longer being able to infect
modern Linux systems.

There are some interesting bits of trivia as well. 
"Slapper" creates a P2P network of infected computers;
"Cheese" causes problems itself, but it fixes some of
the problems that the "Ramen" virus causes; and
"Mighty" is a virus with a built-in IRC client, and
uses IRC to spread itself around.

So what, if anything, should go on the poster in
addition to the listed Linux viruses?

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