Patent ID: 7107347

Claim:
A method of providing deception at a computer system on a network comprising: accepting, at said computer system, network protocol datagrams addressed to different computers; and responding, by said computer system, to received datagrams using different deception emulations so that a receiver perceives that a number of different computer systems have been reached wherein said responding further comprises emulating a network of two or more distinct types of logic systems by a method comprising: providing a plurality of actual logic systems of at least two distinct types; providing a communication channel to said actual logic systems; and running logic instructions on said actual logic systems whereby two or more said actual logic systems respond on said communication channel as though each were multiple logic systems, wherein an actual logic system responds as though it were multiple logic systems similar to its type; wherein said emulation is used to deceive unauthorized users trying to access one or more protected logic systems; wherein said emulation is used to deceive unauthorized users trying to access one or more protected logic systems by providing deceptive responses to unauthorized datagrams so as to lead an unauthorized user to believe the user has accessed an actual computer system.