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Methods for countering botnets will increasingly exploit techniques used by botnets themselves. One approach is to disrupt command and control communications between bots; this can be effective but can require tampering with already compromised devices. Other methods improve the resiliency of communications in the presence of denial of service attacks but require a more complex communications infrastructure. Both approaches are described and discussed in this podcast.
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Dan Sullivan is a systems architect with 20 years of IT experience that includes engagements in enterprise security, application design, and systems architecture. His experience includes a broad range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, government, retail, gas and oil production, power generation, and education. Dan’s security-related project work has ranged from requirements analysis for enterprise information security to designing and implementing security for database applications and enterprise portals. Dan has written about information security and other enterprise information management topics for Business Security Advisor, DM Review, Intelligent Enterprise, and E-Business Advisor. You can contact Dan at: dan_sullivan@realtimepublishers.net
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