Sweetening the Honeynet
A Honeynet consisting of default installations of systems and little or no activity is a sterile environment. Such an environment is excellent at capturing automated activity or attackers focusing on targets of opportunity. However, such a sterile environment has little value to advanced blackhats, individuals who concentrate on targets of choice, high-value systems. For such attackers, one must sweeten the pot. There are a variety of steps that can enhance the value of a Honeynet to create the illusion of a high-value target. We will cover just a few of the possible ideas.
The first thing you can do is to assign your Honeynet a valid domain name. Register a domain name you feel will attract the clientele that you want ...
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