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Re: Moving forward with defintion of honeypots
From: Bill McCarty <bmccarty () apu edu>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 21:47:46 -0700
Hi all,
"A honeypot is an information system resource who's value lies in unauthorized or illicit use of that resource"
Okay, I'll definitely go anal here: This definition seems to imply that a honeypot has no value unless it's actually used without authorization or illicitly. I suggest that it's the *potential* for misuse -- and the data provided by actual misuse -- that make a honeypot valuable.
Moreover, from my perspective as an information systems researcher, the term "information system" refers to a particular type of system: one designed to provide information to organizational decision makers. To avoid this misappropriation <g> of the term, I suggest deleting the word "system."
So, even though it's rather wordy, I prefer the following:"A honeypot is an information resource, the value of which lies in its potential for unauthorized or illicit use and the data provided by such misuse."
Cheers, --------------------------------------------------- Bill McCarty
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