The two of them are networks, but is there any real difference that distinguishes these nets?
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A botnet is a collection of machines, distributed anywhere over the internet, running a piece of software that acts in a coordinated way.
A subnet is a set of IP addresses that all share the same prefix (that is, the given number of bits at the beginning is the same for all the addresses).
The only thing they have in common is that they are somehow networks.
Subnets and botnets are completely different concepts.
You’re trying to compare zipcodes to burglars.
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