[116604] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Botnet hunting resources (was: Re: DOS in progress ?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jared Mauch)
Mon Aug 10 08:25:45 2009
From: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net>
To: Nathan Ward <nanog@daork.net>
In-Reply-To: <F75E8053-C12D-4984-9495-07CE225B4EDB@daork.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 08:24:19 -0400
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Aug 10, 2009, at 5:34 AM, Nathan Ward <nanog@daork.net> wrote:
> On 10/08/2009, at 8:11 PM, goemon@anime.net wrote:
>> such a list would include all of chinanet and france telecom. it
>> would likely not last long.
>
> You've mentioned France twice now. Is there a big botnet problem
> there? I've never heard of anything like that.
> I'll admit I don't follow this area of the network closely, but I'm
> sure there are other places higher up the list than FTE..
I would say the problem plagues many diverse networks. The background
radiation goes undetected by most people for cost reasons. It's
cheaper to pass the bits then have a human convince someone their
machine is compromised. The problem will continue to be acute as
transit costs get even lower.
- Jared
