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Subject: Re: [suse-security] strange ftp-scan
From: Gerhard Sittig (Gerhard.Sittiggmx.net)
Date: Sun Oct 08 2000 - 15:11:17 CDT

On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 14:42 +0100, bacano wrote:
>
> > > The other way around is very funny, though. (do as if you
> > > have a vulnerable version and watch the hx0r5 wasting
> > > their time...)
>
> Is that your idea of a sandbox? you will see that both of you
> are just wasting time.

It's called a honeypot and usually does just what the name
suggests: to direct the attackers away from what you want to
protect and to recognize their methods to further improve your
protection.

There are uses for these, but one has to be able to afford such
luxury. :)

virtually yours 82D1 9B9C 01DC 4FB4 D7B4 61BE 3F49 4F77 72DE DA76
Gerhard Sittig true | mail -s "get gpg key" Gerhard.Sittiggmx.net 

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