Re: [Architecture] HoneyPot APIs for API Manager - New Feature of APIM product

2019-05-13 Thread Manfred Herrmann
Hi Frank, > OK - an attacker is characterized by being an anonymus. I would say NO ... instead, a attacker is characterized by accessing/using an "unknown API". He wanders into the honeypot. > What if somebody registers regularly, then turns into an attacker? No alowed user/token will use this

Re: [Architecture] HoneyPot APIs for API Manager - New Feature of APIM product

2019-05-13 Thread Frank Leymann
OK - an attacker is characterized by being an anonymus. What if somebody registers regularly, then turns into an attacker? This happens quite often, e.g. if an employee is fired or feels treated badly, and he wants to damage his employer. Then, the attacker is not anonymus - we might be able to

Re: [Architecture] HoneyPot APIs for API Manager - New Feature of APIM product

2019-05-11 Thread Frank Leymann
Sure, you get information *about* the attacker from such headers. But how do we *detect* (!) an attack - also from headers? Or do you have a catalogue of IP addresses that are allowed to use the API (then, detection would be simple)... Best regards, Frank Am Fr., 10. Mai 2019 um 07:37 Uhr

Re: [Architecture] HoneyPot APIs for API Manager - New Feature of APIM product

2019-05-09 Thread Frank Leymann
In deed: very nice idea, valuable feature! Which attributes should be used to detect an attack? Best regards, Frank Am Do., 9. Mai 2019 um 11:09 Uhr schrieb Sanjeewa Malalgoda < sanje...@wso2.com>: > Tracing and logging problematic API calls definitely add value to product. > This is kind

Re: [Architecture] HoneyPot APIs for API Manager - New Feature of APIM product

2019-05-09 Thread Rukshan Premathunga
On Thu, May 9, 2019 at 2:39 PM Sanjeewa Malalgoda wrote: > Tracing and logging problematic API calls definitely add value to product. > This is kind of alerting mechanism. But we should not stop from there. We > can go one step ahead and block calls with similar attributes. We can block > API

Re: [Architecture] HoneyPot APIs for API Manager - New Feature of APIM product

2019-05-09 Thread Sanjeewa Malalgoda
Tracing and logging problematic API calls definitely add value to product. This is kind of alerting mechanism. But we should not stop from there. We can go one step ahead and block calls with similar attributes. We can block API calls temporary based on the API context, application id, user and IP