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> There's something to the idea of rehabilitating "obscurity", or at least recognizing that "cost" is part of threat models, and you can raise costs for particu
by cataflam 6y ago
> There's something to the idea of rehabilitating "obscurity", or at least recognizing that "cost" is part of threat models, and you can raise costs for particular attack vectors by degrees instead of "to infinity".
Exactly! Especially when you can create a high cost asymmetry, low-cost for you to add, high cost for the attacker to bypass.
Agree that the SSH examples aren't the best. I would have picked DRM.
- saagarjha 6y agoDRM has the problem that it is illegal to bypass, even if your intent is not malicious.