Question - Explain honeypot and its Types.
Answer -
Honeypot is a decoy computer system which records all the transactions, interactions, and actions with users.
Honeypot is classified into two categories: 1) Production honeypot and 2) Research honeypot.
- Production honeypot: It is designed to capture real information for the administrator to access vulnerabilities. They are generally placed inside production networks to increase their security.
- Research Honeypot: It is used by educational institutions and organizations for the sole purpose of researching the motives and tactics of the back-hat community for targeting different networks.