[Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to trap a
cracker logging in over remote connections long
enough to be traced. May include a modified shell
restricting the cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and
‘bait’ files designed to keep him interested and logged on.
See also back door,
firewall machine,
Venus flytrap, and Clifford
Stoll's account in The Cuckoo's
Egg of how he made and used one (see the Bibliography in Appendix C). Compare
padded cell, honey pot.
