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Hashing passwords is security through obscurity by that reasoning. That does not make them less of a security function. Just something to keep in mind.
by AFNobody 9y ago
Hashing passwords is security through obscurity by that reasoning. That does not make them less of a security function.
Just something to keep in mind.
- Sylos 9y ago"Security by obscurity" tries to keep the way that your encryption method works obscure, it does not try to keep a specific key obscure. For example, if your way to encrypt works like this: 1) Shift all letters along by 5. 2) Cut out every second word and put them behind the message in order. 3) Whenever there's an f, s or y in a word, double up that word and shift the second word's letters by 7. Then if your enemy figures out how your method works, you have to come up with a completely different method. The opposite to security by obscurity would instead once come up with a method that entirely depends on a key. You can then publicize that method (or not), and if your enemy finds out your key, you just choose a new key and you're fine again.