Comments on: Tempting Those Blackhatted Poohs with a Taste of Virtual Honey http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7624/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: v1nsai http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7624/#comment-7464 v1nsai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7624/#comment-7464 <p>The title of this article is great hahaha </p> The title of this article is great hahaha

]]> By: porridge http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7624/#comment-7465 porridge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7624/#comment-7465 <p>OK, the title is mildly funny, but I fail to see how having a honeypot is actually _useful_ for anything other than catching a really incompetent insider. (I assume anyone competent would not allow himself to be traced back and identified.)</p> <p>So let\'s say that indeed an intruder attack the honeypot first, and they waste 2 days doing it. So what? Two days later you\'re still in the same position you were at the beginning. Only you spent X days setting up your honeypot, while you might have been doing something useful... </p> OK, the title is mildly funny, but I fail to see how having a honeypot is actually _useful_ for anything other than catching a really incompetent insider. (I assume anyone competent would not allow himself to be traced back and identified.)

So let\’s say that indeed an intruder attack the honeypot first, and they waste 2 days doing it. So what? Two days later you\’re still in the same position you were at the beginning. Only you spent X days setting up your honeypot, while you might have been doing something useful…

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