RE: Honeypot Defintion - Almost There!

[Jack McCarthy <lists () jackmccarthy com>]

Response is below.

--- "eric () infobro com" <eric () infobro com> wrote:
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Lance Spitzner lance () honeynet org
> Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 09:30:56 -0500 (CDT)
> To: honeypots () securityfocus com
> Subject: Honeypot Defintion - Almost There!
>
> 8<...>8
> Am I being to anal here, too detailed oriented?  Without 
> the word monitoring, the defintion would look like this.
>
>    "A honeypot is an information system resource who's
>     value lies in unauthorized or illicit use of that 
>     resource"
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Since the idea that the honeypot is used to gather infomation how about:
>
>    "A honeypot is an information system resource who's
>     value lies in the information that is gathered from 
>     unauthorized or illicit use of that resource"
>
> -e
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I happen to like a combination of Steve Barnet's response:

You may want to consider replacing the personal pronoun 
"whose" with that's. The pronoun is still a bit awkward.

with Eric's version:

"A honeypot is an information system resource who's value lies in the
information that is gathered from unauthorized or illicit use of that resource"

to produce:


"A honeypot is an information system resource that's value lies in the
information that is gathered from unauthorized or illicit use of that
resource".


-Jack