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Honeypots

A honeypot is a computer system that is deliberately exposed to public access—usually on the Internet—for the express purpose of attracting and distracting attackers. In other words, these are the technical equivalent of the familiar police “sting” operation. Although the strategy involved in luring hackers to spend time investigating attractive network devices or servers can cause its own problems, finding ways to lure intruders into a system or network improves the odds of being able to identify those intruders and pursue them more effectively.

The following characteristics are typical of honeypots:

• Systems or devices used as lures are set up with only “out of the box” default installations, so that they are deliberately made ...