A HONEYPOT HOST

THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO A HONEYPOT HOST 500 ADAPTED IN A NETWORK 90. THE HONEYPOT HOST 500 OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IS GENERALLY COMPRISED OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM 10 AND A HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300 INCORPORATED IN THE COMPUTER SYSTEM 10. THE HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300 GENERALLY DEPLOYS AT LEAST ONE DECOY HOST 80 TO AT LEAST ONE UNUSED INTERNET PROTOCOL (IP) ADDRESS 160 AROUND THE NETWORK 90. THE HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300 IS FURTHER ADAPTED TO BE SELF-REPLICABLE. IN THE EVENT THAT A HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300 IN THE NETWORK 90 IS COMPROMISED, THE HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300 IS CAPABLE OF SELF-TERMINATING AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE COMPROMISED HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300 AND SELF-REPLICATING A NEW HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300. THE HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300 IS ALSO FURTHER ADAPTED TO DETECT WHETHER THE CURRENT HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300 HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. THE PRESENT INVENTION IS ALSO RELATED IN ANOTHER ASPECT TO A METHOD FOR REPLICATING A HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300 TO REPLACE A COMPROMISED HONEYPOT SYSTEM 300.