Timeline for Is there a word for a message that is intended to be intercepted by an adversary?
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| Jul 12, 2019 at 15:50 | comment | added | David Richerby | "Honeypot" is much older and much more general than this. The OED defines it as "A person who or thing which is very attractive, tempting, or a source of pleasure or reward; spec[ifically]. an attractive young woman" going back to the 17th century. | |
| Jul 12, 2019 at 14:55 | comment | added | user45867 | The odd thing about honeypot is that the word 'honeypot' -- well it means a trap now of course, but the origins of simply a pot filled with honey don't imply a trap at all. Even for bears, it's the bait, but not the thing that 'traps' the bear. Compared to something like a pitcher plant/ venus fly trap, whereas the 'you die' part is heavily implied. | |
| Jul 12, 2019 at 10:25 | comment | added | Mark Booth | According to wikipedia "The metaphor of a bear being attracted to and stealing honey is common in many traditions, including Germanic and Slavic. ... The tradition of bears stealing honey has been passed down through stories and folklore, especially the well known Winnie the Pooh." and "The earliest honeypot techniques are described in Clifford Stoll's 1989 book The Cuckoo's Egg." | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 22:16 | comment | added | Spitemaster | @Cascabel I don't, unfortunately. | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 22:09 | comment | added | Cascabel_StandWithUkraine_ | By any chance do you know where that term derived from? i.e. cold war? | |
| Jul 11, 2019 at 22:02 | history | answered | Spitemaster | CC BY-SA 4.0 |