Disadvantages of Honeypots
- Analyzing traffic requires more effort because honeypots can only collect suspicious traffic but do not work on traffic.
- It can only directly identify the attack.
- If the honeypot server is compromised, other network locations can be identified by attackers.
Honeypot vs Honeynet
Honeypots and Honeynets are cybersecurity measures used to help organizations detect, identify, and understand cyber attack methods. Although they share the same goal, each has unique characteristics that contribute to cyber security. In this article, we will learn about the workings of honeypots and honeynets with their working advantages and disadvantages, and how they are different from each other.