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Honeyd

Honeyd is a small daemon that creates virtual hosts on a network, capable of running arbitrary services and adapting their TCP personality to simulate operating systems, enabling a single host to claim multiple addresses for network simulation.

HoneypotDecoyNetwork

What we know

Honeyd is a small daemon that creates virtual hosts on a network, capable of running arbitrary services and adapting their TCP personality to simulate operating systems, enabling a single host to claim multiple addresses for network simulation.

Evidence limits

The described behavior is drawn from the project's documentation; it has not been independently verified.

Sources and provenance

  1. datasoft/honeyd repository
    repository-documentation · 2026-10-04

Reviewed: 2026-10-04. This record may change when new evidence is found.

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