"Larry W. Virden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I read a neat idea the other day. The security admin talked about how
> s/he either had implemented, or was thinking of implementing, a login
> program which when presented with a failed login, presented the appearance
> of a successful login . They suggested even leaving documents which
> appeared to be of value (fake mail files, etc.). This way the cracker is
> spending a lot of time in a fake account not realizing that the longer
> they are on line, the longer the security administrator had to track
> them down...
This has been fairly standard practice since back in Fido-Net days. The
difference is that with the commercialization of the Web the security folks
sell this gimmick for $10,000 and up.
-dlj.
