Network Based Detection of Virtual Environments and Low Interaction Honeypots

Abstract

To detect and deflect attempts at unauthorized use of information systems, network resources called honeypots are deployed. Honeypots are an efficient way to gather information and are being increasingly used for information security purposes. This paper focuses on the network level detection of honeypots by taking the feature set of the systems and also the network level activity into consideration. Earlier work in the area has been based on the system level detection. The results aim at bringing out the limitations in the current honeypot technology