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Lance wants to place a honeypot on his network. Which of the following would be your recommendations?
The correct answer is D. It doesn't matter as all replies are faked. Honeypot systems are purpose-built to emulate services and fabricate all responses to lure and study attackers. Because the honeypot software simulates everything (open ports, fake services, fake data), placement on the network is secondary to proper configuration of the…
Question
Lance wants to place a honeypot on his network. Which of the following would be your recommendations?
Options
- AUse a system that has a dynamic addressing on the network
- BUse a system that is not directly interacing with the router
- CUse it on a system in an external DMZ in front of the firewall
- DIt doesn't matter as all replies are faked
How the community answered
(45 responses)- A2% (1)
- B4% (2)
- D93% (42)
Explanation
Honeypot systems are purpose-built to emulate services and fabricate all responses to lure and study attackers. Because the honeypot software simulates everything (open ports, fake services, fake data), placement on the network is secondary to proper configuration of the emulation. Options A, B, and C describe specific placement constraints that are either incorrect best practices or irrelevant given that the honeypot's responses are entirely controlled by the software itself.
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