iron box

[Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to trap a

cracker logging in over remote connections long enough to be

traced. May include a modified shell restricting the

cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and "bait" files

designed to keep him interested and logged on. See also backdoor, firewall machine, Venus flytrap, and Clifford

Stoll's account in "The Cuckoo's Egg" of how he made and

used one. Compare padded cell.

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