P.S. A note to all those who worry about these things - take another look. If some primitive self-replicating Perl source can cause any damage whatsoever, much, much worse will happen. Focusing on false threats at the cost of research is what's causing so many of our current problems. So I suggest you all get a clue, or at least stop spreading blind FUD. Thanks.
I'd like to ask first ... how is this indicitave of "much worse will happen"? There are plenty of cases of attacks on server where the basic methodolgy is to simply fill all available disk space on a partition. If this 'harmless' script gets executed with enough access, it could bring a server to its knees by filling it up.

If it was simply research, why the need to double itself in size? If its simply research, the problem is creating a persistant program that runs itself over and over. The way the question is posted smacks of either poor intents, or, even worse, a homework assignment.

In reply to Re: Re: SelfChanging script! by theAcolyte
in thread SelfChanging script! by Nik

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