Honeypots

Anti Honeypot Technology 279

spamming, keylogging, abusing online advertisements, spreading

new malware, etc.

In recent years, honeypots have become popular, and security

researchers have generated many successful honeypot-based

attack analysis and detection systems. As more people begin to

use honeypots in monitoring and defense systems, botmasters

constructing and maintaining botnets will sooner or later try to fi nd

ways to avoid honeypot traps. Botmasters might attempt to remove

honeypot traps when constructing and maintaining their botnets.

Unlike hardware or software specifi c honeypot detection methods

the honeypot detection methodology presented here is based on

a general principle that is hardware and software independent:

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