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With the rapid growth of Internet popularity, web applications are growing in usage and complexity, and therefore, are attractive targets for attackers. Increasing number of services and amount of information stored in the Internet, stimulates attackers to focus on these kind of applications. On the other hand, security specialists are deploying different solutions to mitigate such threats. One of these solutions are Honeypot systems. In contrast with other security solutions, honeypots are not designed to defend against attackers directly. Honeypots, rather, are planned to gather data about what attackers do. This information can help security administrators to learn and understand...