NewsForge: ‘Know Your Enemy’: Everything You Need to Know About Honeypots

“Honeypots are a relatively new and highly dynamic technology.
Because they are so dynamic, it is difficult to define just what
they are. Honeypots are unique in that they are not a solution in
and of themselves; they do not solve a specific security problem.
Instead, they are highly flexible tools with many different
information security applications.

“This contrasts with such technologies as firewalls and
intrusion detection systems (IDSs), which are easier to define and
understand as they solve specific problems. Firewalls are a
prevention technology; they are network or host solutions that keep
attackers out…”

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