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Re: AW: mitigating botnet C&Cs has become useless

From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:37:52 -0500 (CDT)


On Sun, 30 Jul 2006, Gunther Stammwitz wrote:

The really interesting question is when botnets are going to use
p2p-technologies since one wouldn't know how to stop them then.
Please let that never happen....


I am not sayin gyou are wrong, or that dynamic channels won't happen far
more widely. Currently they are not widely used as they are not
needed. Web, IRC, etc. are quite efficient.

That said, there is one problem to solve with every evolved C&C, the more
complex it is the easier it is to follow.

        Gadi.

Current thread:

mitigating botnet C&Cs has become useless Gadi Evron (Jul 30)
- AW: mitigating botnet C&Cs has become useless Gunther Stammwitz (Jul 30)
  - Re: AW: mitigating botnet C&Cs has become useless Gadi Evron (Jul 30)
- Re: mitigating botnet C&Cs has become useless Paul Vixie (Jul 31)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: mitigating botnet C&Cs has become useless Scott Weeks (Jul 31)