Honeypot Background

Honeypots are systems simulating operating system services that are expected to be compromised.

As all data leaving or entering a honeypot is collected to gain insight into new attack methods.

Different types of Honeypots:
low-interaction: a few services are emulated not the whole operating system.
high-interaction: a complete operating system is emulated.
physical: the honeypot is the same as the machine it runs on.
virtual: no physical system corresponds to the honeypot.