Researching your own botnets

This post is mainly for people interested in researching botnets. Many people treat botnet monitoring as a hobby. In many ways, its almost as fun as people watching. Section 1, the rules of behavior: You will likely see information you should not normally be privy to<br /><br />Posted in <strong><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/blogs/http://www.disog.org">DISOG</a></strong> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/search/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.disog.org" style="color:#390;"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/images/bubble_h11.gif" alt="View Technorati URL search" style="border:none;"/> 40 links from 27 sites</a>) <br /><br /><img width="1" height="1" src="http://static.technorati.com/y/1214974290.gif?anM9MCZyZWY9YXBpfC9zZWFyY2g/cXVlcnk9bWFsd2FyZSZsYW5ndWFnZT1lbiZrZXk9YmYyMjQ5ZjVhOTRmMzY1MmZjNjc0ODBjZWExYjg0MjQmZm9ybWF0PXJzc3wyMHxodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRpc29nLm9yZy8yMDA4LzAyL3Jlc2VhcmNoaW5nLXlvdXItb3duLWJvdG5ldHMuaHRtbCZ2aXNpdG9yaWQ9LSZ1c2VyaWQ9LSZzZXNzaW9uaWQ9ODk1NmVhMTRhYjNjYmVhYzhkMTA0ZWM0OGQ0Zjc5NjkmdXNlcmNsYXNzPTEmYWJjbGFzcz1hJmFic3dpdGNoPTYmbWVtYmVyPS0="/>