Hi all,

> "A honeypot is an information system resource who's
> value lies in unauthorized or illicit use of that
> resource"

Okay, I'll definitely go anal here: This definition seems to imply that a
honeypot has no value unless it's actually used without authorization or
illicitly. I suggest that it's the *potential* for misuse -- and the data
provided by actual misuse -- that make a honeypot valuable.

Moreover, from my perspective as an information systems researcher, the
term "information system" refers to a particular type of system: one
designed to provide information to organizational decision makers. To avoid
this misappropriation <g> of the term, I suggest deleting the word "system."

So, even though it's rather wordy, I prefer the following:

"A honeypot is an information resource, the value of which lies in its
potential for unauthorized or illicit use and the data provided by such
misuse."

Cheers,

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Bill McCarty

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