Editing Honeypot (computing) (section)

== History ==
An early formulation of the concept, called "entrapment", is defined in [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS]] 39  (1976) as "the deliberate planting of apparent flaws in a system for the purpose of detecting attempted penetrations or confusing an intruder about which flaws to exploit".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GOVPUB-C13-18320c963d272d740d6dffce808fce3d/pdf/GOVPUB-C13-18320c963d272d740d6dffce808fce3d.pdf|title=National Bureau of Standards (February 15, 1976). Glossary for Computer Systems Security.|website=www.govinfo.gov|access-date= 19 Mar 2023}}</ref>

The earliest honeypot techniques are described in [[Clifford Stoll]]'s 1989 book ''[[The Cuckoo's Egg]]''.

One of the earliest documented cases of the cybersecurity use of a honeypot began in January 1991. On January 7, 1991, while he worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories Cheswick observed a criminal hacker, known as a [[Security hacker#Cracker|cracker]], attempting to obtain a copy of a password file. Cheswick wrote that he and colleagues constructed a "chroot "Jail" (or "roach motel")" which allowed them to observe their attacker over a period of several months.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cheswick.com/ches/papers/berferd.pdf|title=An Evening with BerferdIn Which a Cracker is Lured, Endured, and Studied|website=cheswick.com|access-date= 3 Feb 2021}}</ref>

In 2017, [[Dutch police]] used honeypot techniques to track down users of the [[darknet market]] [[Hansa (market)|Hansa]].

The metaphor of a bear being attracted to and stealing honey is common in many traditions, including Germanic, Celtic, and Slavic. A common Slavic word for the bear is ''medved'' "honey eater". The tradition of bears stealing honey has been passed down through stories and folklore, especially the well known [[Winnie the Pooh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/bearetymologyslovakenglishwelsh.html |title=The word for "bear" |website=Pitt.edu |access-date=12 Sep 2014 |archive-date=29 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929171327/http://www.pitt.edu/~votruba/qsonhist/bearetymologyslovakenglishwelsh.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Shepard, E. H., Milne, A. A. (1994). The Complete Tales of Winnie-the-Pooh. United Kingdom: Dutton Children's Books.</ref>