Faultok
Faultok is a term that has emerged in online communities, particularly within discussions related to software development, cybersecurity, and systems administration. It is a portmanteau, combining the words "fault" and "token." The concept generally refers to a piece of data or a mechanism that is intentionally designed to be flawed or misleading, with the purpose of detecting or preventing unauthorized access or malicious activity.
In practice, a faultok might be implemented as a seemingly legitimate data field within a system that
Another application of faultok can be found in the realm of honeypots or decoy systems. These are