Honeypot Background

Honeypots are a security resource whose value lies in being probed, attacked, or compromised.
Provide IDS functionality.

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: represents a complete (real) operating system.
physical: the honeypot is the same as the machine it runs on.
virtual: no physical system corresponds to the honeypot.