Honeypots

Introduction

Welcome to the Honeypot Practice Lab. In this module you will be provided with the instructions and devices needed to develop your hands-on skills.

Learning Outcomes

In this module, you will complete the following exercises:

• Exercise 1 - Set up a Honeypot using Pentbox

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Understand how to set up and test a honeypot

Exam Objectives

The following exam objectives are covered in this lab:

• Understand network isolation - honeypot

Lab Duration

It will take approximately 30 minutes to complete this lab.

Exercise 1 - Set up a Honeypot with Pentbox

A honey pot is a decoy or a trap created by organizations to attract hackers into a computer system. One of the main objectives of using a honeypot is to monitor the hacker exploit the vulnerabilities of the system, then subsequently learn the weaknesses of the system and apply the necessary security measures to strengthen it from future attacks.

In this lab, you will learn how to use a program called Pentbox to create a basic honeypot system and test it using a standard web browser to detect an intrusion.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Understand how to set up and test a honeypot