Know Your Enemy: Honeynets in Universities

The deployment of a honeynet on a large enterprise network such as that found on a major college or university can offer numerous benefits to an institution. Based on our experience, we identified two primary benefits. The first is the ability to use the data collected as a teaching and research tool for any type of computer security related course or research that is being offered. Professors and students can potentially use the honeynet as a testing ground for classes or research. In fact, one student recently received his Ph.D based on our honeynet.

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