Generating a honey network configuration to emulate a target network environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10027709-B2
Application number	US-201715628450-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 20, 2017
Priority date	Sep 30, 2014
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

Techniques for generating a honey network configuration to emulate a target network environment are disclosed. In some embodiments, techniques for generating a honey network configuration to emulate a target network include receiving a network scan survey of the target network; generating the honey network configuration to emulate the target network using the network scan survey of the target network; and executing a honey network using the honey network configuration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system, comprising:
a hardware processor configured to:
receive a network scan survey of a target network;
generate a honey network configuration to emulate the target network using the network scan survey of the target network, wherein generating the honey network configuration includes generating a trigger table based on the honey network configuration for emulating at least a subset of the target network;
execute the honey network using the honey network configuration, wherein executing the honey network using the honey network configuration includes determining a set of responses for each of a plurality of devices on the target network and each service in response to probes received from a scanning tool using the trigger table, wherein the trigger table includes a set of data that indicates responses used by the scanning tool to identify a device type, an operating system (OS) type and OS version, and a service provided by a device;
receive a probe from the scanning tool sent to an IP address that is in the honey network;
generate a response to the probe using the trigger table based on the honey network configuration; and
send the response to the scanning tool, wherein the scanning tool is unable to detect that the response is associated with an emulated device and/or an emulated service in the honey network; and

a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.

2. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the trigger table is provided for the scanning tool, and another trigger table is provided for another scanning tool.

3. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the trigger table includes a plurality of systems tables and a plurality of services tables.

4. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
translate the network scan survey into a representation of a plurality of devices and a plurality of services.

5. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
translate the network scan survey into a representation of a plurality of devices and a plurality of services; and
determine a set of attributes associated with each of the devices and each of the services.

6. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
initiate a virtual machine (VM) instance for implementing the honey network based on the honey network configuration.

7. The system recited in claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive another probe sent to another IP address that is in the honey network; and
generate another response to the another probe using the trigger table of the honey network configuration.

8. A method, comprising:
receiving a network scan survey of a target network;
generating a honey network configuration to emulate the target network using the network scan survey of the target network, wherein generating the honey network configuration includes generating a trigger table based on the honey network configuration for emulating at least a subset of the target network;
executing the honey network on a hardware processor using the honey network configuration, wherein executing the honey network using the honey network configuration includes determining a set of responses for each of a plurality of devices on the target network and each service in response to probes received from a scanning tool using the trigger table, wherein the trigger table includes a set of data that indicates responses used by the scanning tool to identify a device type, an operating system (OS) type and OS version, and a service provided by a device;
receiving a probe from the scanning tool sent to an IP address that is in the honey network;
generating a response to the probe using the trigger table based on the honey network configuration; and
sending the response to the scanning tool, wherein the scanning tool is unable to detect that the response is associated with an emulated device and/or an emulated service in the honey network.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the trigger table is provided for the scanning tool, and another trigger table is provided for another scanning tool.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the trigger table includes a plurality of systems tables and a plurality of services tables.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
translating the network scan survey into a representation of a plurality of devices and a plurality of services.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
translating the network scan survey into a representation of a plurality of devices and a plurality of services; and
determining a set of attributes associated with each of the devices and each of the services.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
initiating a virtual machine (VM) instance for implementing the honey network based on the honey network configuration.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving another probe sent to another IP address that is in the honey network; and
generating another response to the another probe using the trigger table of the honey network configuration.

15. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving a network scan survey of a target network;
generating a honey network configuration to emulate the target network using the network scan survey of the target network, wherein generating the honey network configuration includes generating a trigger table based on the honey network configuration for emulating at least a subset of the target network;
executing the honey network using the honey network configuration, wherein executing the honey network using the honey network configuration includes determining a set of responses for each of a plurality of devices on the target network and each service in response to probes received from a scanning tool using the trigger table, wherein the trigger table includes a set of data that indicates responses used by the scanning tool to identify a device type, an operating system (OS) type and OS version, and a service provided by a device;
receiving a probe from the scanning tool sent to an IP address that is in the honey network;
generating a response to the probe using the trigger table based on the honey network configuration; and
sending the response to the scanning tool, wherein the scanning tool is unable to detect that the response is associated with an emulated device and/or an emulated service in the honey network.

16. The computer program product recited in claim 15 , wherein the trigger table is provided for the scanning tool, and another trigger table is provided for another scanning tool.

17. The computer program product recited in claim 15 , wherein the trigger table includes a plurality of systems tables and a plurality of services tables.

18. The computer program product recited in claim 15 , further comprising computer instructions for:
translating the network scan survey into a representation of a plurality of devices and a plurality of services.

19. The computer program product recited in claim 15 , further comprising computer instructions for:
translating the network scan survey into a representation of a plurality of devices and a plurality of services; and
determining a set of attributes associated with each of the devices and each of the services.

20.

Assignees

• Palo Alto Networks Inc

Inventors

• Seger Robert A
• Harrison John

Classifications

• H04L63/1491 Primary

  using deception as countermeasure, e.g. honeypots, honeynets, decoys or entrapment · CPC title