Practical Defense-in-Depth Protection against Botnets

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Anatomy of botnet

Planning the protections against botnets, companies should

take into consideration the principle known in the military

world, described more than two thousand years ago by Sun

Tzu in e Art of War: “If you know the enemy and know

yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If

you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained

you will also su!er a defeat. If you know neither the enemy

nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Understanding a botnet’s anatomy is key to e!ective defense

against it. A description of communication and main components

of a botnet is presented in gure 2.

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