Application of Honeypot Technology in Network Security

The concept and application of honeypot and honeypot network are discussed in the paper.The active measures are taken against network threats which includes detection of attacks,avoiding causing damage by attacks and helping security managers to make timely response to such attacks.The method of tracing attack is proposed to cope with SYS-flood and network worm attack by using honeypot technology so as to increase the safety of the server system in their network environment and reduce their risks.