] Wired magazine is planning to publish the underlying code
] for the Slammer worm that slowed Internet traffic to a
] crawl in January, raising questions over whether such
] articles inspire future hackers or educate potential
] victims.

"forewarned is forearmed" Once an exploit is exposed, there is no excuse not to patch the hole. DUH?

] Wired magazine is planning to publish the underlying code
] for the Slammer worm that slowed Internet traffic to a
] crawl in January, raising questions over whether such
] articles inspire future hackers or educate potential
] victims.

Do they really think that anyone who wants access to the code can't get it?