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Honeypots: Tracking Hackers
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Honeypots: Tracking Hackers

by Lance Spitzner
September 2002
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
11h 47m
English
Addison-Wesley Professional
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Chapter 10. ManTrap

We have discussed four honeypot solutions so far: three prepackaged low-interaction honeypots, and homemade solutions. Each technology has its advantages and disadvantages. The primary purpose of these honeypots is either detection or research. We are about to move on to a far more powerful and unique honeypot solution: ManTrap. ManTrap has a variety of feature sets that no other solution currently offers, making it an extremely flexible technology. It is also one of the first high-interaction honeypots we will cover. Not only can ManTrap be used to detect attacks but it can be used to gather extensive amounts of information. However, this added functionality and flexibility come at the cost of greater complexity and risk. ...

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