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Dionaea

Ch 106.7of 18 Honeypot Software
  1. 1Runs onLinux, self-hosted
  2. 2CostsFree plan
  3. 3Deployment modelself-hosted
  4. 4Decoy scopenetwork
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Overview

Dionaea is ranked #10 of 18 in honeypot software on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, Self-hosted. There is a free plan.

Dionaea plans and pricing

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Dionaea Free Open-source honeypot; GPLv2+ github.com · 4 Oct 2026

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Deployment model
self-hostedgithub.com
Decoy scope
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Facts

Purpose
Dionaea is a honeypot intended to trap malware exploiting network services, with the goal of obtaining a copy of the malware.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Shellcode detection
The project describes Dionaea as embedding Python and using libemu to detect shellcode.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Network support
Dionaea can offer services over TCP, UDP, and TLS for IPv4 and IPv6.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Protocols
Listed services include FTP, HTTP, MQTT, MSSQL, MySQL, SIP, SMB, TFTP, and UPnP.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Logging
Incident handlers can route selected incident information into formats such as JSON, SQLite, SQL, and hpfeeds.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Integrations
The documentation describes using log_json with the ELK stack to collect, aggregate, and visualize attack information.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Honeypot platform
The DTAG Community Honeypot Project maintains T-Pot, a multi-honeypot platform that includes Dionaea.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Legacy integration
The DionaeaFR web frontend displays attack information using Dionaea's SQLite database, and the documentation marks it unmaintained since 2014.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Security
The documentation says Dionaea may contain exploitable bugs and can drop privileges and chroot to reduce potential impact.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Connection controls
Dionaea can apply rate and accounting limits to TCP and TLS connections when required.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Deployment
The project provides an official Docker image and source code downloads from its release page or Git repository.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
Documented systems
Installation guidance recommends Ubuntu 18.04 LTS or Debian 10 and Python 3.9 or 3.8; it cautions against Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 11 due to libemu package availability at the time of writing.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026
License
The repository lists Dionaea as GPLv2+, with a TFTP service under the CNRI Python License and parts of FTP under MIT.github.com · 4 Oct 2026
Support
The documentation directs users to the GitHub issue tracker for problems and also mentions mailing-list and IRC support channels.dionaea.readthedocs.io · 4 Oct 2026

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