Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison?

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison?
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-04-16

SAN FRANCISCO--Using a honeypot to detect and surveil computer intruders might put you on the working end of federal wiretapping beef, or even get you sued by the next hacker that sticks his nose in the trap, a Justice Department attorney warned Wednesday.

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Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Mark Rasch (2 replies)

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-18
Bingo

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-19
Honeypots are for losers anyhow

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Shivan (1 replies)

re: Logging 2003-04-22
Anonymous

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Steve K.

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Simon Edwards (1 replies)

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Anonymous

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Anonymous (2 replies)

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Anonymous (1 replies)

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-18
Anonymous (1 replies)

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-18
Anonymous

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-21
slim

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Anonymous

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Lockdown

They touched on my thought in the article of me saying that the Hacker is communicating with the honeypot and the honeypot is just relaying what the hacker told it (through commands) to me. This also works if the Hacker uses the honeypot to connect to other computers, the honeypot is just telling me what it was told by other people (like the child's game telephone).

Of course this presents the argument of hearsay so I guess they'll just have to put the computer on the stand.

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Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Anonymous (1 replies)

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
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Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-17
Anonymous

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-18
Anonymouse

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-18
Anonymous (1 replies)

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-21
Lara

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? yeah right. 2003-04-18
jaymz

But does it matter? 2003-04-18
batz (1 replies)

Packet sniffing your own network puts you in jeopardy as well. 2003-04-18
Anonymous

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-18
Anonymous

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-18
Sectech

Use a Honeypot, Go to Prison? 2003-04-18
JMcDaniel