[ale] Honeypots

[James P. Kinney III]

Bear in mind that the purpose of a honeypot is to collect attack
profiles. If you want to be aware of when someone is tampering with your
systems, you want to use an intrusion detection system. Those do not
(yet) have the legal implications that a honeypot has.

On Mon, 2003-04-28 at 18:02, Stephen Turner wrote:
> well i have an odd fetish of sorts, i like screwing with peoples minds. i
> dont do it often but i get a real kick out of it. im aware that like
> anything else the perverbial "s##t can hit the fan" issue comes up here
> but mostly aside from screwing with heads i feel this might help me learn
> about security with linux. i spend most of my time at home so with a few
> mesures put into place and a little luck i SHOULD be aware when someone
> starts something, but then i might not be. however im not certain i will
> actually follow through with this :) but it does sound interesting and
> fun. even if there is no action for a month. is there a recommended site
> for documentation you might have?
> 
> 
> > 	Think long and careful and do a lot of research before you go
> > down this road.  Make sure you fully understand WHY you want to do this,
> > WHAT you expect to get out of it, and WHAT you expect to do with it.
> > Don't take it lightly...
> > 
> > 	Regards,
> > 
> > 	Mike
> 
> 
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