RE: honeytokens

"Aditya Deshmukh" <[email protected]> Thu, 12 May 2005 22:24:08 +0530
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.honeypots
Organization Enterprise Security Solutions
Message-ID <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAA0BKn9uKnWEeCDU7Vx+IAQ8KAAAAQAAAAdw/[email protected]>
> 1.What are he key challenges involving honeytokens?

Keeping track of the honey tokens and then collecting them at the attack
stage
For example I create a username / password that is setup in a partially
hidden from the outside world and someone captures it.

That username try's to login to the net from someplace - unless I have the
IDS + Central Auth + some other infrastructure I cannot detect this in real
time.

> 2.Why has it not been implemented on a large basis?

Because of too much attention is to required to be paid for something that
might never show up in the network / other social engg hacks ...


-aditya



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