Installing, Configuring, and Deploying BOF

BOF is the easiest honeypot—as well as one of the easiest Windows applications—I have ever installed and configured. You simply download the zipped package, unzip the compressed file, and double-click on the BOF icon (see Figure 6-4). Once you double-click on the bof.exe icon, the honeypot is installed and running. You should then see it on your menu tray in the lower right-hand corner of your system. The only step remaining is to configure the honeypot.

Figure 6-4. Double-clicking on the BOF executable installs and runs the BOF honeypot.

Notice that the actual program is 92KB, extremely small and ...

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