Review on: Honey Spot for Analysing Network Security and Related Issues

Abstract

Honey pot is an exciting new technology with enormous potential for the security community. It is a resource which is intended to be attacked and compromised to gain more information about the attacker and his attack techniques. They are a highly flexible tool that comes in many shapes and sizes. This paper deals with understanding what a honey pot actually is, and how it works. There are different varieties of honey pots and based on their category they have different applications. This review paper is based upon the introduction to honeypots, their importance in network security, types of honeypots, their advantages disadvantages and legal issues related with them. Research Paper also discuss about the shortcomings of intrusion detection system in a network security and how honeypots improve the security architecture of the organizational network.
Keywords: Honeypot, Information Security, Honey token, Attacks