How To Set Up Kojoney SSH Honeypot On CentOS 5.5

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 4, 2010

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“Kojoney is a low level interaction honeypot that
emulates an SSH server. The daemon is written in Python using the
Twisted Conch libraries.

“In computer terminology, a honeypot is a trap set to detect,
deflect, or in some manner counteract attempts at unauthorized use
of information systems. Generally it consists of a computer, data,
or a network site that appears to be part of a network, but is
actually isolated, (un)protected, and monitored, and which seems to
contain information or a resource of value to attackers.

“This tutorial shows how you can compile and install updated
version of Kojoney on CentOS 5.5 server.

“I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!

“Pre-Installation

“First we must change the default SSH server port on our server
because Kojoney must be run as a default SSH server! to capture the
attackers!”


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