FakeDaemon

FakeDaemon provides you with a detection tool for hackers that comes in very handy in case you encounter such activity being performed to your system. In one particular word, FakeDaemon can be described as a honeypot for those who are aware of the computing term.

The honeypot is actually a system comprising an isolated, monitored computer and data as well as a fake network site within a network. The whole idea is that this system is able to trick cyberpunks into believing your PC holds valuable information for them.

This makes it easy for you to add their IP addresses to a blacklist within your firewall, thus blocking their way to your computer. FakeDaemon does all of this by simulating various activity on specific ports. Its simple and friendly interface helps you rapidly set up traps by using one of the provided daemons such as FreeBSD, RedHat, SubSeven or NetBus.

Although it may sound as summoning demons and performing other occult rituals, the point is that you are defending your data through them and not attacking anyone. You can also set up a custom daemon that you can configure by setting the welcome, reply as well as goodbye messages, the connectivity timer and corresponding port.

The Log Path is another important detail you want to set up before releasing your favorite daemon. This file holds all the intercepted activity and allows you to pick any IP address it catches in its web and do whatever you please with it.

The bottomline is that FakeDaemon can prove to be the missing piece of the honeypot. Once in place and active, it may start catching hacking IP addresses like a butterfly catcher and that is the whole purpose of it. You’d be amazed at the rate these attacks happen on your system the minute you have connected it to a network - LAN or the Internet.