Ah, the good old days

I saw in the Internet news that this weekend marked the 20th anniversary of the Morris worm. I guess most people reading that didn't have a clue as to what it meant or the significance of the event. It was, by most accounts, the beginning of the "security problem" on the Internet. I remember that day very well. I was a "newbie" network engineer at VCU in Richmond, VA. I remember things slowing down on the Internet and then stopping almost altogether. It wasn't until several days later that we found out that some goober had turned a "worm" loose. What the heck was that?

Well, 20 years later many things have changed and some things haven't. There are still many goobers turning worms loose on the Internet. Even the current Microsoft generation knows about them, unlike their predecessor 20 years ago. I feel honored that I was around back then and am still around today. I wonder what types of things will be turned loose on the Internet in another 20 years?