[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]