True but now there's a separate danger with botnets. Now, instead of saying "don't own a Rolex" it's "don't own any silver, because that could be used to make a

True but now there's a separate danger with botnets. Now, instead of saying "don't own a Rolex" it's "don't own any silver, because that could be used to make a knife and steal someone else's Rolex." With botnets like Mirai, innocent networks need to protect themselves not to avoid getting attacked themselves but rather to ensure that they don't participate in an attack against someone else.