Terminology "Honey Box"?

brianeyci · Post by **brianeyci** » 2006-04-07 08:48pm

What do computer administrators call a fake account they set up for hackers to get into so they can watch what hackers do? I think it's called a honey box but I'm not sure. It's for a story I'm writing and I need just the word to look up more information on it, thanks.

Brian

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2006-04-07 08:49pm

I think the term you're looking for is "honey pot".

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2006-04-07 08:54pm

Honeypot

Honeynet

brianeyci · Post by **brianeyci** » 2006-04-07 09:02pm

Thanks, next time I'll just pm you uraniun or you einy when I have a quick question like this,

Brian

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2006-04-08 01:12am

Slightly OT, but that may derive from the espionage trick of the Honey Trap, where an agent uses evidence of a sexual affair to blackmail or trap an individual. In the case of the Honeypot, the hacker "sees" an easy target, but is being snared so that their work can be observed.