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Honeypot

A host or network with known vulnerabilities deliberately exposed to a public network. Honeypots are useful in studying attackers' behavior and also in drawing attention away from other potential targets.

From Tech Insider: Intrusion detection, Network World, 06/24/02.

Additional resources

'Decoy nets' gain backers in battle against hackers
More on honeypots. Network World, 03/05/01.

Honeypots wreak sweet revenge against cyber intruders
Schwartau on honeypots, 12/04/00.

Intrusion detection software and honeypots
Advice on setting up a honeypot. Nutter's Help Desk, 11/05/01.

Honeypots: Tracking Hackers
White papers and resources related to setting up traps to find hackers on your network.


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