A Game Theoretic Analysis for the Honeypot Deceptive Mechanism

A game-theoretic analysis is performed to acquire the equilibrium strategies and their precondition by formalizing the strategies and payoffs of players in the honeypot game. The effectiveness and the deficiency of honeypot are inferred for network confrontation game, which demonstrate that honeypot is a passive-proactive defense mechanism. The ideal equilibrium combined strategy for defender and the factor affecting the effectiveness and activeness are discussed in detail. Inspired by the mimicry phenomena in biological competition, the propositional methods are given to enhance the deception performance for honeypot. The work is a theoretical support for the effective and proactive tactics of honeypot.