Hacking
Honeypots are unique technological systems specifically designed to beprobed, attacked, or compromised by an online attacker. Implementing ahoneypot provides you with an unprecedented ability to take the offensiveagainst hackers. Whether used as simple "burglar alarms," incident responsesystems, or tools for gathering information about hacker motives and tactics,honeypots can add serious firepower to your security arsenal.Honeypots: Tracking Hackers is the ultimate guide to this rapidly growing,cutting-edge technology. The book starts with a basic examination ofhoneypots and the different roles they can play, and then moves on to indepthexplorations of six specific kinds of real-world honeypots: BackOfficerFriendly, Specter(TM), Honeyd, Homemade honeypots, ManTrap®, andHoneynets.Honeypots also includes a chapter dedicated to legal issues surroundinghoneypot use. Written with the guidance of three legal experts, this sectionexplores issues of privacy, entrapment, and liability. The book also provides anoverview of the Fourth Amendment, the Electronic Communications PrivacyAct, the Wiretap Act, and the Pen/Trap Statute, with an emphasis on how eachapplies to honeypots.With this book you will gain an understanding of honeypot concepts andarchitecture, as well as the skills to deploy the best honeypot solutions foryour environment. You will arm yourself with the expertise needed to trackattackers and learn about them on your own. Security professionals,researchers, law enforcement agents, and members of the intelligence andmilitary communities will find this book indispensable.