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Glossary: Hardening, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection

Honeypot

Also written: honeypots

A fake system that looks like a real server or device but holds nothing of value. It exists to attract attackers and record what they do, like Alex's fake "kc-files" login on port 23.

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Low-interaction honeypotHigh-interaction honeypotHoneynetSandboxScreened subnet