Re: Heisenberg in the honeypot

[Qv6 <sundiatah () comcast net>]

 On Friday 18 June 2004 12:47 pm, H Carvey wrote:
> This is a question that's been banging around inside my head for a while...
>
> So my question is...has anyone considered the Heisenberg Uncertainty
> Principle, with regards to honeypots?  Specifically, honeypots are used to
> capture/"observe" attacks, and the HUP states that by the very act of
> observing something, we inherently alter that event/object.  As the HUP
> applies to honeypots, please bear with me...

It is an interesting mental exercise, and I have a dual response:

        0. I do not see how HUP applies to Honeypots/Honeynets. How do you 
alter an 
attack by capturing/observing it in realtime or at a later time using 
Honeypots?

        1. From a different perspective, the very act of "redirecting" an 
attack to 
Honeypots affects an aspect of the attack, i.e, the real target of that 
attack and the damage it was designed to produce has been altered. By 
redirecting an attack to a controlled environment, you have altered that 
attack significantly.
Viewed from this angle, HUP does apply though i think this is just a 
philosophical question that contributes nothing to the concept of Honeypots.

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