Re: Stealth vs. Blocked

From: Lars M. Hansen (badnews@hansenonline.net)
Date: 02/01/03 

From: Lars M. Hansen <badnews@hansenonline.net>
Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2003 03:47:54 GMT

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003 20:12:16 -0500, JR spoketh

>
>"Lars M. Hansen" <badnews@hansenonline.net> wrote in message
>news:5u6m3vgenbm4cldhs7p2vn8ikl68afvosn@4ax.com...
>> Stealth does not improve your security. In fact, it probably creates a
>> false sense of security where people are thinking since they are
>> "stealth", they don't have to worry about all the crap that's out there.
>>
>Other than the false sense of security, do you not think that every
>additional stumbling block for the kiddies helps?
>I tend to look at it as hiding in a cornfield. The corn ain't gonna stop any
>bullets, but the *** with the gun is gonna have to work a lot harder to
>hit you. And yes, a bunker hiding in that cornfield would be nice. :-)
>JR
>

No, since the script kiddies knows that a lot of people are hiding
behind stealth, they probably work around it.

It's more like hiding in a barrel. Although they cannot see what's on
the inside, its often very easy to catch...

Lars M. Hansen
http://www.hansenonline.net
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