sjinks/mysql-honeypotd
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Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C
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README.md
Originalmysql-honeypotd
Low interaction MySQL honeypot written in C
Dependencies
Usage
mysql-honeypotd [options]...
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
-b,--address ADDRESSthe IP address to bind to (default: 0.0.0.0). Can be specified several times-p,--port PORTthe port to bind to (default: 3306)-P,--pid FILEthe PID file-n,--name NAMEthe name of the daemon for syslog (default:mysql-honeypotd)-u,--user USERdrop privileges and switch to thisUSER(default:daemonornobody)-g,--group GROUPdrop privileges and switch to thisGROUP(default:daemonornogroup)-c,--chroot DIRchroot() into the specifiedDIR-s,--setver VERset MySQL server version toVER(default: 5.7.19)-d,--delay DELAYAddDELAYseconds after each login attempt-f,--foregrounddo not daemonize (forced if no PID file specified)-x,--no-sysloglog errors to stderr only; ignored if-fis not specified-h,--helpdisplay this help and exit-v,--versionoutput version information and exit
Notes:
--user,--group, and--chrootoptions are honored only if mysql-honeypotd is run asroot- PID file can be outside of chroot
- When using
--nameand/or--group, please make sure that the PID file can be deleted by the target user
Sample output
Oct 20 22:06:45 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:4240 to x.x.x.146:3306 (using password: YES)
Oct 20 22:06:45 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:4281 to x.x.x.135:3306 (using password: YES)
Oct 20 22:06:46 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:4570 to x.x.x.146:3306 (using password: YES)
Oct 20 22:06:46 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:4644 to x.x.x.135:3306 (using password: YES)
Oct 20 22:06:46 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:4949 to x.x.x.146:3306 (using password: YES)
Oct 20 22:06:47 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:4998 to x.x.x.135:3306 (using password: YES)
Oct 20 22:06:47 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:1238 to x.x.x.146:3306 (using password: YES)
Oct 20 22:06:47 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:1264 to x.x.x.135:3306 (using password: YES)
Oct 20 22:06:48 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:1537 to x.x.x.135:3306 (using password: YES)
Oct 20 22:06:49 server mysql-honeypotd[22363]: Access denied for user 'root' from 222.186.61.231:2370 to x.x.x.135:3306 (using password: YES)
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