Honeypots: Tracking Hackers

Summary

Honeypots are a highly flexible technology that can be applied to a variety of situations. As security tools, they have specific advantages. Specifically, honeypots collect small amounts of data, but most of this is information of high value. They have the ability to effectively work in resource intensive environments, and conceptually they are very simple devices. Also, they quickly demonstrate their value by detecting and capturing unauthorized activity.

However, honeypots share several major disadvantages. The most critical is they have a narrow field of view. If they are not attacked, they have no value. Second, certain honeypots can be fingerprinted, making detection possible. The third disadvantage is that honeypots can add additional ...