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honeyword

honeyword noun: an incorrect password published as part of a honeypot, so that any user attempting to log in with the password may be assumed to be an attacker.

Noun

honeyword (plural honeywords)

  1. An incorrect password published as part of a honeypot, so that any user attempting to log in with the password may be assumed to be an attacker.
    • In this paper we have proposed a new honeyword generation approach, identified as Paired Distance Protocol (PDP) which overcomes almost all the drawbacks of previously proposed honeyword generation approaches.2015, Nilesh Chakraborty, Samrat Mondal, “A New Storage Optimized Honeyword Generation Approach for Enhancing Security and Usability”, in arXiv

Forms of honeyword

pluralhoneywords

Origin of honeyword

From honey + word.

Questions about honeyword

What does honeyword mean?
Honeyword means an incorrect password published as part of a honeypot, so that any user attempting to log in with the password may be assumed to be an attacker.
What part of speech is honeyword?
Honeyword is a noun.
What is the plural of honeyword?
The plural of honeyword is honeywords.

Words near honeyword in the dictionary

  1. honeyweeks
  2. Honeywell
  3. Honeywells
  4. Honeywood
  5. Honeywoods
  6. honeyword
  7. honeywords
  8. honeywort
  9. honeyworts
  10. honfidence
  11. honfident

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