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Botnet (Computer network)
This page is about the network construct botnet. For the term commonly seen on /g/ see Botnet.
A botnet is a collection of bots that have been networked together to coordinate their functions. They may also be controlled by a third party to give them higher direction.
A botnet can be benign, such as IRC channel bots. It an also be malicious in nature, used for DDOSing or other attacks. The installation of the botnet can likewise be either with the owners knowledge, without the owner's knowledge (See: Botnet), or by an attacker who installs it without knowledge on a compromised computer.
A common bot used to set up botnets on IRC is eggdrop.
Malicious Botnets
The primary use of a malicious botnet to accommadate the heavy bandwidth requirement of DDOSing attacks. This way a large number of computers can be controlled by few "Bot Herders".
