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On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:21:20 -0700, "jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk"

<jameshanley39@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Out of interest, what do you mean by bot net ?

 

A net of bots.

>Is it a malicious server / trojan that receives a command, and then

>could cause trouble to other machines, maybe acting as a client

>sending spam mail through a mail server that lets anybody in ?

>

>If it is indeed a server that receives a command, then a NAT router

>would prevent it from receiving an incoming connection.

 

Most bots dial in themselves to receive commands from the controller.

NAT won't stop that.

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