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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>iron box</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="../I.html" title="I"/><link rel="previous" href="Iron-Age.html" title="Iron Age"/><link rel="next" href="ironmonger.html" title="ironmonger"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">iron box</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Iron-Age.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">I</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ironmonger.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="iron-box"/><dt xmlns="" id="iron-box"><b>iron box</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to trap a
<a href="../C/cracker.html"><i class="glossterm">cracker</i></a> logging in over remote connections long
enough to be traced. May include a modified <a href="../S/shell.html"><i class="glossterm">shell</i></a>
restricting the cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and
&#8216;bait&#8217; files designed to keep him interested and logged on.
See also <a href="../B/back-door.html"><i class="glossterm">back door</i></a>,
<a href="../F/firewall-machine.html"><i class="glossterm">firewall machine</i></a>,
<a href="../V/Venus-flytrap.html"><i class="glossterm">Venus flytrap</i></a>, and Clifford
Stoll's account in <i class="citetitle"> <a href="../pt03.html#Stoll">The Cuckoo's
Egg</a></i> of how he made and used one (see the <a href="../pt03.html#bibliography" title="Bibliography">Bibliography</a> in Appendix C). Compare
<a href="../P/padded-cell.html"><i class="glossterm">padded cell</i></a>, <a href="../H/honey-pot.html"><i class="glossterm">honey pot</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Iron-Age.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../I.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ironmonger.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Iron Age </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> ironmonger</td></tr></table></div></body></html>