Over the last few years, network based intrusions have increased rapidly, due to the increase and popularity of various attack tools easily available today. Due to this increase in intrusions, the concept of network Honeypots are being developed, which can be used to trap and decode the attack methods of the malicious attackers. This paper will review the current state of honeypot technology as...

Many different terms, definitions and classifications for honeypots, honeynets and other honeytokens have been proposed by several authors during the last 3 years. In this document, we offer a summary of the various proposals and we discuss their advantages and drawbacks. We also offer our own definition at the end of the paper.