A honey pot is a computer system on the Internet that is expressly set up to attract and "trap" people who attempt to penetrate other people's computer systems. (This includes the hacker, cracker, and script kiddy.) To set up a honey pot, it is recommended that you:
Install the operating system without patches installed and using typical defaults and options
Make sure that there is no data on the system that cannot safely be destroyed
Add the application that is designed to record the activities of the invader
Maintaining a honey pot is said to require a considerable amount of attention and may offer as its highest value nothing more than a learning experience (that is, you may not catch any hackers).
Examples of freeware honeypots include:
1. Deception Toolkit6: DTK was the first Open Source honeypot released in 1997.
It is a collection of Perl scripts and C source code that emulates a variety of
listening services. Its primary purpose is to deceive human attackers.
2. LaBrea7: This is designed to slow down or stop attacks by acting as a sticky
honeypot to detect and trap worms and other malicious codes. It can run on
Windows or Unix.
3. Honeywall CDROM8: The Honeywall CDROM is a bootable CD with a
collection of open source software. It makes honeynet deployments simple and
effective by automating the process of deploying a honeynet gateway known as
a Honeywall. It can capture, control and analyse all inbound and outbound
honeynet activity.
