is there a less horny alternative to "honeypot" for the infosec term? in email i guess there's spamtrap, specifically.

[atax1a@infosec.exchange]

is there a less horny alternative to "honeypot" for the infosec term? in email i guess there's spamtrap, specifically.

edit: downthread someone suggested "decoy {server,environment,etc}" and that works

[multioculate@mastodon.social]

@atax1a I've heard "canary"?

[atax1a@infosec.exchange]

@multioculate canary already means "test environment"

[codelesscody@infosec.exchange]

@atax1a none that I've heard of. I mostly hear "canary" used in the warrant canary sense, not in this context. I wouldn't be against trying to popularize a new term along the same lines, like mousetrap, bait station, or decoy. I think "decoy server", "decoy system", and "decoy environment" most readily roll off the tongue.