-----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

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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.