Black Hat Briefings, Las Vegas 2005 [audio] Presentations From The Security Conference

A Honeypot is a information gathering system, designed for attackers to interact with. A honeynet, simply put, is a network of honeypots. The key component of a honeynet is the honeywall. The honeywall is used to provide the following capabilities: * Data Capture. The ability to collect information about the attack. * Data Control. The ability to restrict the amount of damage that can be done from one of your honeypots to another network. * Data Analysis. The ability to conduct limited forensics analysis on the network traffic or compromised honeypots in order to discover the attackers methodology. * Data Alerting. The ability to alert an analyst as to suspicious activity. In 2001, Honeynet.org released a honeywall, called eeyore, which allowed for Gen II honeynets and improved both Data Capture and Data Control capabilities over the Gen I honeynets. In the summer of 2005, Honeynet.org released a new honeywall, called roo, which enables Gen III honeynets. The new roo has many impr