SY0-301 · Question #336
Joe, an administrator, installs a web server on the Internet that performs credit card transactions for customer payments. Joe also sets up a second web server that looks like the first web server. Ho
The correct answer is D. Honeypot. The second server is a honeypot - a deliberately deceptive system with fabricated content designed to lure attackers and study their behavior while protecting the real production server.
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Joe, an administrator, installs a web server on the Internet that performs credit card transactions for customer payments. Joe also sets up a second web server that looks like the first web server. However, the second server contains fabricated files and folders made to look like payments were processed on this server but really were not. Which of the following is the second server?
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- ADMZ
- BHoneynet
- CVLAN
- DHoneypot
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(39 responses)- A3% (1)
- B3% (1)
- D95% (37)
Why each option
The second server is a honeypot - a deliberately deceptive system with fabricated content designed to lure attackers and study their behavior while protecting the real production server.
A DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) is a network segment that separates the public internet from the internal network; it is an architectural zone, not a deceptive decoy system.
A honeynet is a network of multiple honeypots working together to simulate an entire environment; a single deceptive server is a honeypot, not a honeynet.
A VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) is a logical network segmentation technique used to isolate broadcast domains; it is not a deceptive decoy server.
A honeypot is a decoy system intentionally configured to appear as a legitimate, valuable target. In this scenario, the second server mimics the credit card processing server with fake files and data, trapping attackers and allowing the administrator to observe their techniques without exposing real customer payment data.
Concept tested: Honeypot deceptive decoy system identification
Source: https://csrc.nist.gov/glossary/term/honeypot
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