iron box

iron box

[Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to trap acracker logging in over remote connections long enough to betraced. May include a modified shell restricting thecracker's movements in unobvious ways, and "bait" filesdesigned to keep him interested and logged on. See also back door, firewall machine, Venus flytrap, and CliffordStoll's account in "The Cuckoo's Egg" of how he made andused one. Compare padded cell.