WASC Honeypot Opens Up With Open Source mod_security

[ Thanks to smk for this link. ]

"The WASC is now entering Phase Three of its Distributed Open Proxy Honeypot Project, including more participants, sensors and analytical reporting as the project moves into wide deployment. The aim remains the same, however: providing security researchers and law enforcement with a new resource in the battle against Web attacks.

""Ultimately what we're trying to identify is Web-based attacks -- how are they are actually happening -- because it's very hard to get real details," WASC Honeypot Project Leader Ryan Barnett told InternetNews.com."

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