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RE: Anycast 101


From: "Hannigan, Martin" <hannigan () verisign com>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:47:47 -0500



-----Original Message-----
From: Gadi Evron [mailto:ge () linuxbox org]
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 3:32 PM
To: Bill Nash
Cc: Hannigan, Martin; nanog () merit edu
Subject: Re: Anycast 101


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 

For history's sake, most people name BO and netbus as the "original" 
remote control Trojan horses. Those that started all the mess.

My sentence was a typo. I mean they "aren't a new" phenomenon.

I agree with you on the rest.


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