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You can even poke holes in it using their own terminology. Obscurity is equivalent to minimizing attack surface area. The less adversaries know about your sys
by willis936 2y ago
You can even poke holes in it using their own terminology. Obscurity is equivalent to minimizing attack surface area. The less adversaries know about your system the smaller of a target it is.
- noduerme 2y agoI think there's overlap between surface area and obscurity, but they're not equivalent. To use the most pedestrian example, moving SSH off of port 22 makes it more obscure, but the total surface area hasn't gotten smaller.
- thyrsus 2y agoAnecdata: log files with failed login attempts became far smaller after leaving port 22.