[throw0101a]

> endlessh honeypot.

*tarpit

A honeypot lets people "in" to see/research malware that's in the wild:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeypot_(computing)

A tarpit just takes up the attacker's resources:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpit_(networking)

[judge2020]

Not what most people run, but SSH honeypots are also useful:

https://lwn.net/Articles/848291/