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In the network security world, this is known as a tarpit. You can delay an attack, scan or any other type of automation by sending data either too slowly or in
by _pdp_ 3y ago
In the network security world, this is known as a tarpit. You can delay an attack, scan or any other type of automation by sending data either too slowly or in such a way as to cause infinite recursion. The result is wasted time and energy for the attacker and potentially a chance for us to ramp up the defences.
- bityard 3y agoFrom the content of the email, I get the impression that it's just a honeypot. Also I'm not seeing any delays in the content being returned. A tarpit is different because it's designed to slow down scanning/scraping and deliberately waste an adversary's resources. There are several techniques but most involve throttling the response (or rate of responses) exponentially.