[Colloquium] Talk by Lance Spitzner on Friday, May 2

[Margery Ishmael]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE - TALK

Friday, May 2, 2003 at 2:30 pm in Ryerson 251

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Speaker: Lance Spitzner
From: The Honeynet Project
http://www.honeynet.org/

Title: "The Value of Honeypots"

Abstract:
Lance Spitzner, founder of the Honeynet Project, will discuss this emerging 
new security technology and its value to the security community. He will 
explain what "honeypots" are, their advantages and disadvantages, examples 
of how they work, and real world incidents involving hacked honeypots.

Extracts from his book "Honeypots - Tracking Hackers":
"Honeypots come in a variety of shapes and sizes--everything from a simple 
Windows system emulating a few services to an entire network of production 
systems waiting to be hacked. Honeypots also have a variety of 
values--everything from a burglar alarm that detects an intruder to a 
research tool that can be used to study the motives of the blackhat 
community. Honeypots are unique in that they are not a single tool that 
solves a specific problem. Instead, they are a highly flexible technology 
that can fulfill a variety of different roles."

"Since I first heard about the concept, I've been fascinated with honeypot 
technologies. A honeypot is very different from most traditional security 
mechanisms. It is a security resource whose value lies in being probed, 
attacked, or compromised. The idea of building and deploying a computer 
meant to be hacked has an aura of mystery and excitement to it."

*The talk will be followed by refreshments in Ryerson 255*


Hosts: Michael O'Donnell & Benjamin Johnson



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Margery Ishmael
Secretary to the Chairman, Department of Computer Science
The University of Chicago
1100 E. 58th Street, Chicago, IL. 60637-1581
tel. 773.834.8977 fax. 773.702.8487
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