[ NNSquad ] To thwart hackers, firms salting their servers with fake data

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

To thwart hackers, firms salting their servers with fake data

http://j.mp/UiwbuV  (Washington Post)

   "The Waseca, Minn., company began planting fake data in Web servers to
    lure hackers into "rabbit holes" in the hopes of frustrating them into
    giving up. The bait was varied - including bogus user log-ins and
    passwords and phony system configuration files. Anyone who took it was
    being watched by Brown, their computer locations tagged and their
    tactics recorded."

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I remember first writing and deploying such a "honey pot" at UCLA in
early ARPANET days.  Much fun watching the result.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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