RE: statistics

["Golomb, Gary" <GGolomb () enterasys com>]

"Deterring" attackers from your network is a loss of value? 

What's good for the security researcher is not necessarily good for the
organization that needs to worry about policy compliance. The "value" of
a honeynet is relative to the environment it's in and the people
administrating it. The use of "detection" technologies as a deterrent
might be the only value those systems have in many organizations. 

-gary

> Original Message:
> From: Michael Anuzis [mailto:michael_anuzis () hotmail com]
>
> Reducing honeypots/honeynets to a mere deterrant loses a lot of their
> value.
> Any business that's taken the time to set up a honeynet properly
probably
> doesn't want to make its hand public.
>
>
>
> Michael Anuzis, CCNA
> Network Security Consultant
> Mobile: 248.376.7030
> CTO, Advanced DataTactics, Inc.
> CTO, Advanced InfoTactics, Inc.
>
>
>
>
>
> > From: Joshua Krage <jkrage () guisarme net>
> > To: honeypots () securityfocus com
> > Subject: Re: statistics
> > Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 17:46:39 -0400
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 22, 2003 at 02:45:43PM +0100, Luis Miguel Silva wrote:
> > > What would be the point to use honeypot technologies if
organisations
> > told everybody they use it? :o)
> >
> > :)
> >
> > How about as a deterrent?
> >
> > If that seems valid, them I have a couple /16s of honeypots.  You'll
just
> > have to guess where they are.   ;)
>
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