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Honeypot & its Types

Honeypot & its Types: Honeypot is a security mechanism which records all the actions, transactions and interactions with users. They are used to track the attackers and defend the attacks. Based on their deployment types, it is classified into – Production honeypots –  Easy to use but they capture only limited information. They are placed inside production networks to improve security. Research Honeypots -Works better in gathering information about attackers. They research the threats of the organization and tries to prevent the threats. These are complex to deploy and maintain. Based on design criteria, the honeypots are classified into – Pure honeypots – Activities are monitored using the honeypot’s installed link to the network. High interaction – Multiple honeypots in a single system. More secure, difficult to detect, expensive to maintain. Low interaction – Simulate the services of attackers.

Network scanning

Network scanning

Scanning is the second stage of information gathering where the hacker tries to do a deep search into the system to look for valuable information. Ethical hackers tries to prevent organization’s attack use this network scanning effectively. The tools and techniques used for scanning are –

  • Crafted packets
  • TCP flags
  • UDP scans
  • Ping sweeps

The hackers trie to identify a live system using a protocol, blueprint the same network and perform vulnerability scan to find weaknesses in the system. There are three types of scanning –

  • Port scanning – Used to find open ports
  • Network scanning – Used to find IP address
  • Vulnerability scanning – find weakness or vulnerabilities

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