本书深入讨论了追踪黑客的重要技术honeypot。honeypot的主要用意是通过部署虚假的主机来欺骗黑客、引诱黑客进行攻击、记录黑客的行为并阻止攻击泛滥。本书讨论了商用honeypot、自制honeypot和Honeynet,主要侧重于其运作方式、价值、实现方式及相应的优势。无论你是一名初学者还是有经验的安全专家,本书都是一种不可多得的资源。

本书适合本科生、技术人员、非技术人员、网络安全人员和网络系统管理员阅读。--- The first book to examine what honeypots are, how they work, and all the different types.-- Provides examples of real world deployments.-- Coverage of the legal issues surrounding the use of honeypots, one of the most controversial aspects of honeypot security.Honeypots are highly sophisticated technologies used to observe and learn about hackers. Practical and commercial interest in these new forms of hacker defense is now hitting the mainstream. There are many successful commercial honeypots, including ManTrap and Specter. Security expert Marcus Ranum notes in his Foreword, "Right now there are about a half-dozen commercial honeypot products on the market. Within a year, I predict there will be dozens. Within two years, there will be a hundred." Spitzner also covers legal issues, one of the most controversial subjects concerning honeypots, receiving extensive guidance from the Department of Justice in writing the legal material. The book, Know Your Enemy was written by a team of a