Re: Need urgent help regarding security

From: Bigby Findrake (bigby_at_ephemeron.org)
Date: 11/21/05

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    Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:35:44 -0800 (PST)
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    I'd just like to make a small contribution to this discussion.

    While most of us understand the merits and flaws of security through
    obscurity, I would like to point out the semantic fact that the phrase is,
    indeed, "security *through* obscurity", that while not flawless, obscurity
    is another path to security, that it is (more) difficult to attack the
    host you cannot see, (more) difficult to exploit the flaw you cannot
    detect, (more) difficult to connect to the daemon you do not know is
    listening.

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