[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 back door , 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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