Project Swarm Glossary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Global Observation Grid (GOG) | GreyNoise's worldwide honeypot sensor network |
| Community Dataset | Aggregated session data contributed by all non-GreyNoise Swarm users |
| Profile | A device emulation configuration that defines what your sensor looks like to attackers (e.g., Cisco firewall, WordPress server, Redis instance) |
| Session | A single captured interaction between a remote host and your sensor |
| PCAP | Packet capture file containing raw network traffic for a session |
| Tag | A detection rule (written in Suricata syntax) that labels sessions matching specific patterns or behaviors |
| Transporter | A Raspberry Pi-based hardware bridge that connects a real physical device to the GreyNoise network, enabling you to create hardware-based profiles from actual equipment. |
| OVA | An Open Virtual Appliance file used to create custom profiles from virtual machine images |
| Workspace | An isolated environment containing your sensors, sessions, tags, and analysis data. |
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