RE: Anycast 101

[Bill Nash <billn () billn net>]

On Mon, 20 Dec 2004, Hannigan, Martin wrote:

> Look at how the discussions surrounding SPAM have evolved. It went
> from "damn abusers", to "damn software", to "where's the money coming
> from?". The BotNet problem has already evolved to "where's the money".
>
> Botnets are a new phenomenon. [ Gadi!?]

Botnets aren't new. They've been prototyped on various IRC networks for 
years. It started with hordes of linked eggdrop bots for Death Star style 
privmsg/notice flood attacks on single users (1998? 1999?). When the 
response was to hunt down and remove the bots in a mass fashion (I hacked 
up one of the early tools for doing it), it turned into submarine botnets 
on private servers (or not connected to IRC at all) doing DDoS attacks 
against targetted IP addresses. These days, it's virally injected remote 
controls and soon, sharks with frickin laser beams.

- billn