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Is the comparison valid to say botnets are the bacteria of the Internet?
by andreasklinger 14y ago
Is the comparison valid to say botnets are the bacteria of the Internet?
- JonnieCache 14y agoBotnets are inherently malicious. This is obviously not true of bacteria. But in a way they are similar I suppose. I don't think its a very fruitful analogy either way.
- andreasklinger 14y agoI am not sure if can be called non-malicious but there is definitely a new breed of botnets coming up e.g. http://internetcensus2012.bitbucket.org/ http://internetcensus2012.bitbucket.org/
- bd_at_rivenhill 14y agoMore like the parasites of the internet.
- lucb1e 14y agoExcept parasites have no central control or a will to do anything beyond survival.