Re: Building an Honeypot using VMWare

[Michael <soppscum () online no>]

On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:02:07 -0500 (EST)
Edward Balas <ebalas () iu edu> wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Bruno MAC Castro wrote:
>
> > Thanks Bill,
> >
> > I agree with you in everything... But, it would improve the concept of a
> > Honeypot if the trace of a virtual machine (VMWare) was hard (or
> > impossible) to find. My goal is to reach a stage where there is no
> > visible VMWare process in my honeypot. I also know that it is almost
> > impossible to reach it, but we need high goals to keep us working...
> > right?
> > ;-)
> There arent any vmware processes running per se in the honeypot the 
> problem is that many OSs recognize the disk as of vmware type, and
> the same for the ethernet and other such devices.  Regarding the MAC 
> address that is configuratable so its no issue.
>  
> Also dont install the vmware-tools on the guest.

Seems like something you'd use a hex editor for =)