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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>honey pot</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../H.html" title="H"/><link rel="previous" href="home-page.html" title="home page"/><link rel="next" href="hook.html" title="hook"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">honey pot</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="home-page.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">H</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hook.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="honey-pot"/><dt xmlns="" id="honey-pot"><b>honey pot</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. A box designed to attract <a href="../C/cracker.html"><i class="glossterm">cracker</i></a>s so that
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they can be observed in action. It is usually well isolated from the rest
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of the network, but has extensive logging (usually network layer, on a
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different machine). Different from an <a href="../I/iron-box.html"><i class="glossterm">iron box</i></a> in
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that its purpose is to attract, not merely observe. Sometimes, it is also
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a defensive network security tactic — you set up an easy-to-crack box so
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that your real servers don't get messed with. The concept was presented in
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Cheswick & Bellovin's book <i class="citetitle">Firewalls and Internet
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Security</i>. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. A mail server that acts as an open relay when a single message is
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attempted to send through it, but discards or diverts for examination
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messages that are detected to be part of a spam run.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="home-page.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../H.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="hook.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">home page </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> hook</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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