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From: Alun Jones (aluntexis.com)
Date: Fri Feb 08 2002 - 13:58:52 CST

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    At 08:51 AM 2/8/2002, GertJan de Leeuw wrote:
    >So the only way somebody can infect the network is ,
    >injecting the first compiled version of a new
    >distibution (but that is hardly impossible)

    Not necessarily, one could simply find a portion of the original program
    that is overspecified, or a feature that most people don't use, and write
    your code into that space. If the code you replace is small enough, it'll
    likely fit into a convenient block boundary, such that your code will
    either be downloaded or not, and you really don't necessarily care about
    infecting the whole network.

    Alun.
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