Put a Honeypot on Your Network (via TTC Shelbyville – Technical Blog)

This is a free one that you can get at sourceforge. If you have responsibility for a network you might install this.

What exactly is a honeypot?   A honeypot is a non critical computer that has software on it that allows the monitoring of users who are on your network or if the honeypot has a public ip address, it can be used to monitor outside users.   This in turn allows you to view the ip address of the ‘curious’ and possibly malicious user of your network.   By obtaining the ip address, you can in turn block the ip address at your ISP level or on your firew … Read More

via TTC Shelbyville – Technical Blog