Robert Tappan Morris

January 11, 2024
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Robert Tappan Morris
Full Name Robert Tappan Morris
Date Of Birth Nov 8, 1965(1965-11-08)
Age 59
Birthplace Massachusetts
Country United States
Horoscope Scorpio

Robert Tappan Morris Biography

Birthday Nov 8
Birth Year 1965

Robert Tappan Morris is one of the most popular and richest Entrepreneur who was born on November 8, 1965 in Massachusetts, United States.

Robert Tappan Morris (born November 8, 1965) is an American computer scientist and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988, considered the first computer worm on the Internet.

Morris grew up in the Millington section of Long Hill Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Delbarton School in 1983.

Robert Tappan Morris Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Entrepreneur
House Living in own house.

Robert Tappan Morris is one of the richest Entrepreneur from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Robert Tappan Morris 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Morris was born in 1965 to parents Robert Morris (cryptographer) and Anne Farlow Morris. The senior Morris was a computer scientist at Bell Labs, who helped design Multics and Unix; and later became the chief scientist at the National Computer Security Center, a division of the National Security Agency (NSA).

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Who is Robert Tappan Morris Dating?

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Roy Ranked on the list of most popular Entrepreneur. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Robert Tappan Morris celebrates birthday on November 8 of every year.

Where is Robert Tappan Morris now?

Robert Tappan Morris, the 21-year-old Cornell University student who unleashed the first worm attack on the Internet in 1988, has fully rehabilitated his reputation in the computer science community. Today, he is a respected associate professor of computer science at MIT.

How was the Morris worm stopped?

Teams of programmers worked non-stop to come up with at least a temporary fix, to prevent the continued spread of the worm. After about twelve hours, the team at Berkeley came up with steps that would help retard the spread of the virus. Another method was also discovered at Purdue and widely published.

Why did Robert Morris create the Morris worm?

According to Morris, the purpose of the worm was to gauge the size of the precursor “Internet” of the time – ARPANET – although it unintentionally caused denial-of-service (DoS) for around 10% of the 60,000 machines connected to ARPANET in 1988.

What did Morris worm do?

The Morris worm, named for its creator, Cornell University student Robert Tappan Morris, rapidly infected the limited (by today’s standards) computers connected to the internet. An estimated 6,000 machines, depleted of their resources as the worm depleted computing resources, shut down and were rendered inoperable.

How long was Robert Tappan Morris in jail?

But Morris didn’t get any jail time , even though his eponymous worm created a huge hassle for a lot of people. Instead, he got 400 hours of community service and had to pay just $10,000.

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