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Re: SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement
From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu () tenebras com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 19:45:59 -0800
oudot laurent wrote:
The article might have sounded better informed if it understood the distinction between honeypot and tarpit.Do you mean that we should not talk about tarpits downto the honeypots community ??
I think I was expressing my desire for more beef, obviously not appropriate to the "executive summary" or "Readers Digest" version, sorry. Context, I try to remind myself, context... A very simple elucidation, though -- tarpits are devised specifically to slow down an attack by crafted protocol tricks (rapidly decreasing window size, etc.) and honeypots are designed to provide an environment to observe them by posing as attractive targets.
Current thread:
- SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement Lance Spitzner (Oct 23)
- Re: SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement Michael Sierchio (Oct 24)
- Re: SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement oudot laurent (Oct 27)
- Re: SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement Michael Sierchio (Oct 27)
- Re: SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement oudot laurent (Oct 28)
- Re: SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement Lance Spitzner (Oct 28)
- Re: SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement oudot laurent (Oct 27)
- Re: SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement Michael Sierchio (Oct 24)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: SecurityFocus new honeypot article announcement bp1974 (Oct 30)