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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Nagy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:25 PM
> 
> [...]
> My problem with honeypots has always been that by giving 
> crackers a leg-up
> into the DMZ you create a situation whereby you actually increase
> the exposure of the servers you actually care about.
> [...]
> If these are just regular boxes, what's to stop someone 
> rooting it and then
> attacking the network? [...]


If you are talking about _the_ DMZ, I agree. I would not put honey
pots in the _same_ DMZ like external servers. Instead they should be
on their _own_ DMZ which can be another leg off the firewall,
appropriately secured.


So, another year, another legality debate. Let's see where this
thread ends this time...

Regards,
Frank

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