RE: Does it really take so long to get a bite?

[Michael Owen <mowen () costco com>]

> What about Sparc hackers? Do they exist? I ran a Sparcstation honeypot
> for awhile and had the odd x86 exploit thrown at it but never
> compromised. I have heard stories of Sparc honeypots up for years w/o
> being hacked.


I had a Sparc sun4m box running linux, and without being patched, it wasn't
rooted in years. I ended up giving up and pulling it, but as far as I can
tell, no one ever managed to guess the OS/arch of the box. 

Unless you want to get a specific person/group/knowledge set, you're better
off putting a common box out there (ie RedHat 7.2/Solaris 8/Windows2k), and
just watch what comes in. 

Michael

(My comments are my own, and not representative of the company I work for)