Honeypots: Tracking Hackers

Risk Associated with ManTrap

ManTrap can do much more than most honeypot solutions, but it also introduces greater risk. Organizations have to understand these issues and mitigate these risks before deploying ManTrap systems. There are four areas in which ManTrap introduces risk: outbound access, complexity, signatures, and jail breaks.

Outbound access is a risk of any high-interaction honeypot. ManTrap cages are functional Solaris operating environments. These cages give attackers access to a wide range of capabilities. The more the attacker can do, the more you can learn. However, the more an attacker can do, the more damage he can potentially cause. Intruders are very good at identifying and breaking into vulnerable systems. Once they have ...