Crackers and honey: An irresistible combination for network security

Posted by dave on Nov 11, 2004 7:30 AM
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Denial of service (DoS) attacks aim to take down Web servers and other Internet resources, often by swarming them with repeated requests, which knocks them out. LaBrea is honeypot software that cooks up a fake machine with virtual ports with virtual vulnerabilities for a cracker to play with.

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