Title :
The E-Mail Honeypot System Concept, Implementation and Field Test Results
Author :
Rathgeb, Erwin P. ; Hoffstadt, Dirk
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Duisburg-Essen, Essen
Abstract :
This paper describes the concept and implementation of the "E-mail honeypot system" (EHS) which is designed to automatically receive, categorize, analyze and archive unsolicited mails (spam). An evaluation of the various system components and the overall system in a lab environment and in a field test confirms the feasibility of the EHS concept with respect to functionality, detection accuracy and performance. In addition, some results from a field test running for over a year are provided exemplifying the potential of the EHS to provide a statistical evaluation of spam activities as well as to provide some insight into spam mechanisms.
Keywords :
unsolicited e-mail; e-mail honeypot system; spam mechanisms; unsolicited mails archive; Computer networks; Electronic mail; Hardware; Information security; Internet; Monitoring; National security; Postal services; System testing; Unsolicited electronic mail; Honeypot; Phishing; Spam;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Society, 2008 Second International Conference on the
Conference_Location :
Sainte Luce
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3087-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICDS.2008.14
