Web Honeynet Project IDs Attackers

narramissic writes "The Web Honeynet Project, an independent group of Honeynet researchers from Securiteam and the ITOSF, is putting a new twist on Web application honeynets by naming not only the attack details, but the IP addresses and other tracking information about the attackers as well. As security consultant Brent Huston notes, 'This approach is not unheard of, as lists of known high-volume attackers have been circulating through the Net for several years, but this is the first time someone has applied the honeynet concept to making attacker IP data publicly known.'"

Comments

Lawsuits?

[beakerMeep]

I wonder if it's just a matter of time before someone sues them for defamation. But still a good thing they are doing. the more pressure on spammers the better.

Re:Lawsuits?

[discord5]

But still a good thing they are doing

*cough* PROXY *cough*

Seriously, anyone doing something nasty on the net is using a proxy, either one from the lists, tor or another hacked machine. Publishing these IP addresses is complete rubbish. It'll point to some machine on the net along a chain of connections.