Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 10/22/07 04:04

"The Natural Philosopher" <a@b.c> wrote in message
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> Sanders Kaufman wrote:

>> But none of that stuff did *anything*.
>> The crypto circuitry was all embedded in the boxes casing.
>> When you cracked the case, it toggled control over to the components so
>> that they would appear to be functional to anyone who tried to hack it.
>
> A HONEY POT!

More like a false compartment.

Active v. Passive and Aggressive v. Defensive
A honey pot is an aggressive/active tool for *catching* hackers.
A false compartment is a defensive/passive tool for obscuring the system.

But yeah - both are pre-emptive defenses.

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