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Diffstat (limited to 'security/honeyd/DETAILS')
| -rwxr-xr-x | security/honeyd/DETAILS | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/security/honeyd/DETAILS b/security/honeyd/DETAILS index a3d6d09916..0d884f3054 100755 --- a/security/honeyd/DETAILS +++ b/security/honeyd/DETAILS @@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION KEYWORDS="security" SHORT="Honeyd is a small daemon that creates virtual hosts on a network." cat << EOF -Honeyd is a small daemon that creates virtual hosts on a network. The hosts can be -configured to run arbitrary services, and their TCP personality can be adapted so -that they appear to be running certain versions of operating systems. Honeyd -enables a single host to claim multiple addresses on a LAN for network simulation. -It is possible to ping the virtual machines, or to traceroute them. Any type of -service on the virtual machine can be simulated according to a simple configuration -file. Instead of simulating a service, it is also possible to proxy it to another +Honeyd is a small daemon that creates virtual hosts on a network. The hosts +can be +configured to run arbitrary services, and their TCP personality can be +adapted so +that they appear to be running certain versions of operating systems. Honeyd +enables a single host to claim multiple addresses on a LAN for network +simulation. +It is possible to ping the virtual machines, or to traceroute them. Any type of +service on the virtual machine can be simulated according to a simple +configuration +file. Instead of simulating a service, it is also possible to proxy it +to another machine. EOF |