In the world of computer security, honeypots, ονομάζονται οι παγίδες που έχουν σαν στόχο να ανιχνεύσουν ή να εξουδετερώσουν κάθε μη εξουσιοδοτημένη access in computer networks.
Honeypots can exist on individual computers, data sets, or areas of the network that are valuable or worth exploring by uninvited visitors but which are actually designed to trap or even watch the attacker.
In general, a honeypot consists of data (for example, at a network location) that appears to be a normal site location, but is actually isolated and monitored. So it may appear that it contains information valuable to attackers, but designed to block them.
Honeypots are usually divided into two main categories: Honeypots paratreatmentand research honeypots.
Production honeypots are the traps of real entities that seek to protect valuable data from a public organization or a company, and research honeypots are designed to track and study hackers who fall into the trap.
Δύο ή περισσότερα honeypots σε ένα δίκτυο αποτελούν ένα Honeynet. Τυπικά, ένα Honeynet χρησιμοποιείται για την παρακολούθηση ενός μεγαλύτερου ή ενός πιο ποικιλόμορφου δικτύου στο οποίο ένα μόνο honeypot δεν είναι επαρκές. Τα honeynets και τα honeypots συνήθως υλοποιούνται σαν τμήματα μεγαλύτερων συστημάτων ανίχνευσης εισβολής στο δίκτυο. Ένα honeyfarm είναι μια συλλογή με honeypοts και tools analysis.
The concept of Honeynet first started in 1999, when Lance Spitzner, founder of the Honeynet project, published "Build and Honeypot. "
"A Honeynet is a highly interactive honeypots network that simulates a production network and is designed so that all activity is monitored, recorded and to some extent, discreetly regulated."
