Lance Spitzner submits the latest from the Honeynet Project. "Honeypots are an exciting new technology. They allow us to turn the tables on the bad guys, we can take the initiative. In the past several years there has been growing interest in exactly what this technology is and how it works. The purpose of this paper is to introduce you to honeypots and demonstrate their capabilities. We will begin by discussing what a honeypot is and how it works, then go into detail using the OpenSource solution Honeyd.. . .
Lance Spitzner submits the latest from the Honeynet Project. "Honeypots are an exciting new technology. They allow us to turn the tables on the bad guys, we can take the initiative. In the past several years there has been growing interest in exactly what this technology is and how it works. The purpose of this paper is to introduce you to honeypots and demonstrate their capabilities. We will begin by discussing what a honeypot is and how it works, then go into detail using the OpenSource solution Honeyd.

This question is more difficult to answer then it sounds. Many people have their own definition of what a honeypot is, or what it should accomplish. Some feel its a solution to lure or deceive attackers, others feel its a technology used to detect attacks, while other feel honeypots are real computers designed to be hacked into and learned from. In reality, and hence the confusion, they are all correct.

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