Apparently bears find honey irresistible and in the same way hackers can’t resist the challenge to gain access to a computer or system.
A Honey pot is a computer system set up as a trap for hackers, crakers and scriptkiddies trying to gain unauthorised access to other people or a company’s computers or systems. The trap is set up to detect, deflect and counteract unlawful usage of information systems.
The trap consists of a computer, data or a network site with valuable information for hackers and crackers. It appears to be part of a network, but in fact, runs completely isolated and is monitored and discreetly regulated.
Maintenance of a honey pot requires a large amount of attention and won’t necessarily guarantee a successful outcome. In some case it will only serve as a learning experience and hackers won’t necessarily be cornered.
A network of these traps set up in a production environment, is called a honeynet. The term originated in 1999 from a paper by Lance Spitzner, founder of the Honeynet Project, called To build a Honeypot. (Read Spitzner’s interesting article here)
[SOURCES: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com & www.wikipedia.org]
Net so onweerstaanbaar soos heuning vir `n beer is, so moeilik is dit vir `n kuberkraker om `n maklik toeganklike rekenaar of stelsel te weerstaan.
`n Honey pot is `n rekenaarstelsel opgestel as `n lokval vir kappers, krakers en scriptkiddies wat onregmatig ander mense of maatskappye se stelsels probeer binnedring. Die lokval word gestel om onwettige gebruik van informasiestelsels te bepaal, af te weer en teen te werk.
Die lokval bestaan uit `n rekenaar, data of `n webwerf wat lyk asof dit deel van `n netwerk uitmaak en waardevolle inligting vir krakers en kappers bevat. Inderwaarheid funksioneer die stelsel in isolasie en word dit deurlopend gemonitor en op diskrete wyse gereguleer.
Instandhouding van `n honey pot vereis geweldig baie aandag en waarborg nie noodwendig `n suksesvolle resultaat nie. In sommige gevalle is dit slegs nuttig as `n leeronderving en word kappers nie noodwendig vasgetrek nie.
`n Netwerk van hierdie lokvalle wat `n produksie-omgewing simuleer word, staan bekend as `n honeynet. Die term het sy oorsprong in Lance Spitzner, stigter van die Honeynet Project, se gepubliseerde 1999 verhandeling To build a Honeypot. (Lees Spitzner se interessante artikel hier)
[BRONNE: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com & www.wikipedia.org]
