Honeyd

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Honeyd is an open source computer program that allows a user to set up and run multiple virtual hosts on a computer network. These virtual hosts can be configured to mimic several different types of servers, allowing the user to simulate an infinite number of computer network configurations. Honeyd is primarily used in the field of computer security by professionals and hobbyists alike.

This page goes over how to get a simple setup up and running. My server uses IP address 192.168.1.10. My honeyd daemon will listen at 10.0.0.1.

Installation

Install the honeyd^AUR package.

Configuration

Create these files:

/root/default.conf

create host
set host default tcp action reset
add host tcp port 23 "/tmp/hello.sh"

bind 10.0.0.1 host

/tmp/hello.sh

#!/bin/sh
echo "Led Zeppelin, great band or greatest band?"
while read data
do
        echo "$data"
done

On your firewall, add the following route:

Destination IP 	Netmask 	Gateway
10.0.0.0	        255.0.0.0	192.168.1.10

Open up 2 shells on your server. In the first shell, start the honeyd program. In the second shell, use nc to connect to honeyd. The output should be as follows:

$ honeyd -d -p /usr/share/honeyd/nmap.prints -f default.conf 10.0.0.0/8

Honeyd V1.5c Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Niels Provos
honeyd[3985]: started with -d -p /usr/share/honeyd/nmap.prints -f default.conf 10.0.0.0/8
Warning: Impossible SI range in Class fingerprint "IBM OS/400 V4R2M0"
Warning: Impossible SI range in Class fingerprint "Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP3"
honeyd[3985]: listening promiscuously on eth0: (arp or ip proto 47 or (udp and src port 67 and dst port 68) or (ip and (net 10.0.0.0/8))) and not ether src MAC_ADDY_HERE
honeyd[3985]: Demoting process privileges to uid 99, gid 99
honeyd[3985]: Connection request: tcp (192.168.1.10:60109 - 10.0.0.1:23)
honeyd[3985]: Connection established: tcp (192.168.1.10:60109 - 10.0.0.1:23) <-> /tmp/hello.sh
honeyd[3985]: Connection dropped by reset: tcp (192.168.1.10:60109 - 10.0.0.1:23)
^Choneyd[3985]: exiting on signal 2

$ nc 10.0.0.1 23

Led Zeppelin, great band or greatest band?
greatest
greatest

^C

There, you have a simple, basic, set up of honeyd. To kill honeyd, issue the command

killall honeyd

You can read "Virtual Honeypots: From Botnet Tracking to Intrusion Detection" by Niels Provos for more information.

More Resources

http://www.honeyd.org/faq.php

Wikipedia:Honeyd

https://ulissesaraujo.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/deploying-honeypots-with-honeyd/