There are too many damn honeypots

Re:There are too many damn honeypots by KingOfCoders on Friday February 02, 2024 @01:27PM (#39232276)

I'm stupid, so please be patient, who puts up these honeypots? WHy are they there? (I know in principle what a honeypot is)

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Re:There are too many damn honeypots by chronid on Friday February 02, 2024 @01:37PM (#39232413)

I do, and I'm not a security researcher (not really).

If nothing else, it's fun to see who pokes you, even if I don't actually follow up on it.

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Re:There are too many damn honeypots by KingOfCoders on Saturday February 03, 2024 @12:18AM (#39237719)

Thanks!

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Re:There are too many damn honeypots by MyNameIs_Hacker on Friday February 02, 2024 @02:33PM (#39233099)

Conspiracy Theory: The proliferation of honeypots is due to secret government contracts attempting to corrupt the usefulness of Shodan and the like.

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Re:There are too many damn honeypots by datadrivenangel on Friday February 02, 2024 @02:49PM (#39233282)

Automated Chaff for the information age.

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