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Honeypots
By Richard Lowe
A honeypot is a special computer system set up for the specific purpose of attracting hackers. Generally, these servers will be placed inside a firewall (although they might be outside) and contain specific, known vulnerabilities which allow hackers to gain access. Once inside, a good honeypot contains an immense amount of seemingly attractive targets and information to attempt to cause the hacker to spend time on the system. While the hacker is spending this time, he is being carefully observed and traced.
There are several reasons for creating honeypots.
- They are often simply a way to get hackers to expend time and energy on non-production systems. Because it appears to the hacker that he's on a real syste...
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