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Conversely, sometimes the obscurity layer will obscure the issues not just from others, but also yourself. I worked for a thin client vendor years ago that was
by lostapathy 8y ago
Conversely, sometimes the obscurity layer will obscure the issues not just from others, but also yourself.
I worked for a thin client vendor years ago that was obsessed with encrypting our boot image etc, and poured all our resources into that. Which lead to encryption that was still trivial to work around, and a lot of other real security issues were never dealt with because we were fixated on the ineffective obscurity layer.
- monocasa 8y agoThat just sounds like misplaced priorities than the obfuscation layer getting in the way.
- lostapathy 8y agoAbsolutely. The obsession with that obfuscated our priorities, 100%. It also made our images more insecure, because it added no real security, while making it harder to improve security where it mattered.