full-disclosure - malware added in transit

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From: rslade at sprint.ca (Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah)
Subject: malware added in transit

From:           	Paul <onestepto@...oo.com.au>
Date sent:      	Thu, 18 Mar 2004 23:58:07 +1100 (EST)

> Hi all, perhaps I'm way off-base but I've been under the impression that
> malware can be added to clean transmissions as they pass through infected
> nodes.  Is this possible? 

Hmmmm.  Interesting concept, but unlikely.  (Maybe if you were clearer about the 
definition of a node?)  I can't recall anything that actually did this.  Happy99 and 
PrettyPark did something similar, but really just creating a followup to the original 
(innocent) message.  It's unlikely you'd find something that would/could infect a 
router to perform this kind of action.  Not impossible, but unlikely.

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