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There are two real possibilities for combating botnets on the Internet. One is to play core-wars, which requires legal setups that allow us to launch beneficial worms which patch vulnerabilities. I can see most policy-types shaking their heads at how difficult this would be to do, but it is a technically workable option.
The other method is to build a resilient internet - by which we do not mean an internet free of vulnerabilities, but one free of centralized choke points that can be targeted by massive traffic attacks.
DNS is the primary pain-point, but also one the government likes having around because it allows for centralized governmental control. Imagine if everyone was on a decentralized domain system, and the FBI could not "seize" domains. This is the price you pay for resilience. To be fair, I don't think we really want it. :)
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