Doug Franklin wrote:

>On 2010-09-24 20:41, John Francis wrote:
>
>>> BTW, on a slightly related note: Does anyone know why so much
>>> spam/hacking/malware seems to come from the Netherlands?
>
>It's quite likely that the attacks originate from Dutch IP addresses, 
>but aren't initiated from The Netherlands.  With a 'bot network, the 
>attacks appear to come from the bots, not the bot master.  Maybe you're 
>being attacked by someone directing a botnet with a lot of nodes in Holland.

I'm assuming that the probes may not necessarily *originate* from the
Netherlands. I just can't see (even if that's the case) why there
would be more bots there than other places.

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