honeypot
Sign in to savecomputer security mechanism; consists of data that appears to be a legitimate part of the site, but is actually isolated and monitored, and that seems to contain information or a resource of value to attackers, who are then blocked and/or analyzed
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Vinony's link graph records 137 inbound references to honeypot, and connects out to spyware, intrusion detection system and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics Computer network security, Spamming and United States entrapment case law.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tactic
- Subclass of
- computer system
- Has use
- computer security
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- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/honeypot
- Commons category
- Honeypot (computing)
- different from
- honey trapping
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Encyclopedic overview
Diagram of an information system honeypot
In computer terminology, a honeypot is a computer security mechanism set to detect, deflect, or, in some manner, counteract attempts at unauthorized use of information systems. Generally, a honeypot consists of data (for example, in a network site) that appears to be a legitimate part of the site which contains information or resources of value to attackers. It is actually isolated, monitored, and capable of blocking or analyzing the attackers. This is similar to police sting operations, colloquially known as "baiting" a suspect.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “honeypot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.