Create Honeypot with Pentbox (credit to MindTap)

 Example:

You are the security analyst for a small corporate network. You are concerned about unauthorized activity in your DMZ. You have decided to set up a honeypot to study hacking attempts.

In this lab, your task is to:

  • Create a honeypot on the computer named www_stage using Pentbox.
  • Using Google Chrome, test the honeypot on the computer named Marketing3 using the www_stage.corpnet.xyz URL.
  • Using the www_stage system, review the effects of the intrusion.
  • Answer the questions.




EXPLANATION

Complete this lab as follows:

  1. Use Pentbox to create a honeypot on www_stage.
    1. From the Favorites bar, select Terminal.
    2. At the prompt, type cd pentbox-1.8 and press Enter to change to the pentbox directory.
    3. Type ./pentbox.rb and press Enter to start Pentbox.
    4. Type 2 and press Enter to select Network Tools.
    5. Type 3 and press Enter to select Honeypot.
    6. Type 1 and press Enter to select Fast Auto Configuration.
  2. From the Analyst-Lap computer, test the honeypot using Google Chrome.
    1. From the top navigation tabs, select Buildings.
    2. Under Building A, select Floor 2.
    3. Under Marketing Group B, select Marketing3.
    4. From the taskbar, select Google Chrome.
    5. In the URL field, enter www_stage.corpnet.xyz and press Enter.
    6. In the top right, select Answer Questions.
    7. Answer Question 1.
    8. Minimize the Lab Questions dialog.
  3. Review the effects of the intrusion on www_stage.
    1. From the top navigation tabs, select Building A.
    2. Under Building A, select Basement.
    3. Under Basement, select www_stage.
      Notice the INTRUSION ATTEMPT DETECTED message at the bottom of the Pentbox window.
    1. window.
  1. Answer the questions.
    1. In the top right, select Answer Questions.
    2. Answer Question 2.
    3. Select Score Lab.


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