[76693] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Botnet pointer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (william(at)elan.net)
Mon Dec 20 16:33:37 2004
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 14:01:43 -0800 (PST)
From: "william(at)elan.net" <william@elan.net>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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Can somebody also share good definition of "BOT" and "BOTNET" for glossary
and description of 2-4 lines? Should I also list it as synonymous with
Zombie (bot being more hacker-oriented use and zombie being more toward
spammer-oriented use)?
On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Hannigan, Martin wrote:
> I've received a number of emails that indicates a lot
> of people are in the dark about BotNets.
>
> John Kristoff made an excellent technical presentation
> regarding BotNets at NANOG 32 in Reston.
>
> http://www.nanog.org/mtg-0410/pdf/kristoff.pdf
>
> I have an executive level summary I'm willing to share
> if it can be useful. Off-list please. Thanks.
>
> -M<
>
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> VeriSign, Inc. (w) 703-948-7018
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> hannigan@verisign.com
