Exactly. Maybe a better way to look at its benefits is by cracking "security" into two components: scalability resistance and penetration resistance. Scalabili

Exactly. Maybe a better way to look at its benefits is by cracking "security" into two components: scalability resistance and penetration resistance. Scalability resistance is the probability of a given vulnerability being successful against your configuration. Penetration resistance is the probability of your configuration being penetrated by an attacker focusing on it. Scalability is a valid security threat as it defines the vulnerability time window due to scarce attacker resources (attack attempts/time unit). Yes, it does and should fail catastrophically -- either the attack is not applicable to your config or it has been adapted and is. But just because plate armor had gaps didn't mean it was a stupid idea...