How to Set Up a Honey Pot
Like a sweet trap set up to attract and trap insects, a honey pot is a type of security system that protects your computer by serving as a decoy and then gathering information about anyone who attempts to attack your system. Honey pots work in conjunction with your computer system's other security features, such as firewalls and antivirus software. Reasons for setting up a honey pot include learning about intruders' methods of attack or to gather data to help law enforcement prosecute the hackers.
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Instructions
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Download or purchase a honey pot software. There are a few good ones. Tiny Honeypot, LaBrea and Honeyd are some of the most effective programs available. The majority of these can be used on Linux systems only. KFSensor is one software that works with Windows.
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Log in as an administrator on the computer. You must have administrator privileges in order to install a honey pot to your computer.
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Install the software on your computer. If you are have purchased a CD of the software, insert the CD and wait for it to open. If you have downloaded the software from the Internet, double-click the icon and the set-up will start to run. Some honey pot software will offer more than one version of the program. KFSensor gives you four possible installation options. Choose the "Full Version" to make sure every feature of the program is enabled.
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Place your honey pot software in the "Program Files" folder. Your computer will likely default to save into this folder. If it doesn't, you can browse to the folder under the C:\ drive. Once you have chosen the folder, click "OK" and the program will install. This will take no more than a few minutes.
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Restart your computer. The honey pot will not go into effect until the system is restarted. If you are using KFSensor, register the software. It must be registered in order for you to have access to all of the program's features.
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Configure the honey pot. In KFSensor, the honey pot is configured using the software's set-up wizard. You will check the items that you want the honey pot to watch for, including services, applications and Trojans, and name your domain. This will be the name that visitors will see when they are directed to the honey pot server. This can be your real server name or a fake. You can also add an email address where updates will be sent each time someone attempts to attack your server and data is collected. Once you have set up these basic elements, the honey pot can start running on your system.
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