Role of a Honeypot in Network Security – Survey

The tactics used to attack networks is increasing as the objectives of securing a network is also enormously progressing. Thus it is important to find ways to combat the threats; such a method will deeply wound over honeypots. A honeypot is a new concept that focuses on diverting hackers, malicious traffic; get a prior warning about the attack and information about the attacker and attacking methods. A honeypot is a great way to analyze, perceive, monitor and track the behavior of hacker to create more secure systems. Compared to an IDS or firewall, honeypots is an advanced technology because they do not create counterfeit alerts as each observer is suspicious of the traffic due to no productive components running on the system.

In this paper, a detailed description about honeypots, their types, advantages, and how honeypot technologies can be used to analyze and gather information on these threats is discussed.