> From: Bob Proulx [mailto:b...@proulx.com] > Subject: Re: Fake MX > > > > [...] but that is distinct from being a tarpit, which is what > > > I'm trying to clarify. > > > > A discussion around the definition of tarpit, and why tarbaby might be a > > suboptimal, though catchy, name? > > For the record a "tarbaby": > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_baby > > is something different from a "tarpit": > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpit_%28networking%29 > > Please, let's use the correct terminology. They really are pretty far > from being interchangeable.
I wonder if the OP was really referring to a "honeypot"?