iron box

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iron box - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  iron box
  
     [Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to trap a
     cracker logging in over remote connections long enough to be
     traced.  May include a modified shell restricting the
     cracker's movements in unobvious ways, and "bait" files
     designed to keep him interested and logged on.  See also back door
     , firewall machine, Venus flytrap, and Clifford
     Stoll's account in "The Cuckoo's Egg" of how he made and
     used one.  Compare padded cell.
  
     [Jargon File]
  

iron box - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  iron box
   n.
  
     [Unix/Internet] A special environment set up to trap a cracker
     logging in over remote connections long enough to be traced. May
     include a modified shell restricting the cracker's movements in
     unobvious ways, and `bait' files designed to keep him interested and
     logged on. See also back door, firewall machine, Venus flytrap,
     and Clifford Stoll's account in The Cuckoo's Egg of how he made and
     used one (see the Bibliography in Appendix C). Compare padded cell,
     honey pot.