In today’s world, network security is a very crucial issue. Providing security to the network, services is a major concern these days. Therefore, in this paper we study the concept of Honeypots. A Honeypot is a fake system which lures the attackers. The attackers give in to the temptation and launch attacks. Such attacks help the researchers and organization to study the attack patterns and gain vital information about the attackers. A honeypot is only meant to tantalize the intruders, attackers to perform the malicious activity which results in revealing information about attacks. Thereby, honeypots are quite useful in preventing and counter attacking various types of attacks. We can build Honeynet, Honeywalls using the concept of Honeypots. In this paper, we focus on the concept of Honeypot systems and represent the various aspects of honeypots. We also discuss the various types of honeypots along with its advantages and disadvantages. We also focus on the concepts of Honeynet and Honeywalls.

Honeypot, Honeynet, Honeywalls, Intruders

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