Honeynet Architectures
We started off this chapter by stating that a Honeynet is not a prepackaged solution but an architecture. The architecture is defined by three requirements: data control, data capture, and for multiple Honeynets, data collection. There are a variety of ways organizations can implement these architectures. We will cover two possible ways and discuss their advantages and disadvantages.
These two different architectures are known as GenI (first-generation) and GenII (second-generation) technologies. As its name implies, GenI was the first iteration of Honeynet solutions. Developed in 1999, GenIs were the first Honeynets to be deployed. While the GenI architecture accomplished its goals, a variety of improvements were identified, ...
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