RE: mitigating botnet C&Cs has become useless

IMHO, This is not a problem we can solve by adding: a) technology (other than completely dumping the OS(s) that make this possible) b) manpower I think it can be solved by reducing the margins in the miscreant business line or ideally having it have negative margins.

I would suggest more specific attention by service providers specifically, and everyone in general, perhaps with more "abuse services" -related tracks at meetings like NANOG. :-)

Or something along those lines... <snip>

I think better to focus on the economics of the business as part of the abuse track.