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Of course, I'm being a little cheeky, but ah, my sentiment of digging a moat around a house with an unlocked door is an idea I'll always keep in my back pocket,
by nat4ever 10y ago
Of course, I'm being a little cheeky, but ah, my sentiment of digging a moat around a house with an unlocked door is an idea I'll always keep in my back pocket, and show no hesitation in applying a ridiculous solution to a ridiculous problem.
Obscurity and inscrutability certainly will never supplant the Objective Ideological Truth that "Security" tries to be, but it's often useful as a source of leverage when all other leverage would be denied to you.
You could never ever claim to endorse obscurity for its own sake during a daily stand-up or a conference call, because people woud rip you to shreds for any number of valid reasons, but when push comes to shove, and you find yourself on the losing side of someone else's moral hazard, being able to throw a smoke screen up, where a brick wall would be preferred, is sometimes all you can do.