RE: Moving forward with defintion of honeypots

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> > Thoughts?
> >
> > OPTION A
> > --------
> >   "A honeypot is an information system resource who's
> >    value lies in being probed, attacked, or compromised"
> >
> >
> > OPTION B
> > --------
> >   "A honeypot is an information system resource who's
> >    value lies in monitoring unauthorized or illicit use of
> >    that resource"
>
> A honeypot is an information system resource whose value lies in being
> probed, attacked, or compromised, and may contribute to the 
> monitoring of
> unauthorized or illicit use of that resource.

I like the way you combined the options her, but I think both this and
Lance's options miss one important subtlety.

Honey{pots,nets,tokens} have no production purpose, so, by definition,
any activity related to it is unauthorized and/or illicit.  This
distinction needs to be in the definition.  

-steve