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All security is about obscurity because it involves having a secret that you don't believe anyone else can get. (ie; a password, a private key, cert, a random n
by Negitivefrags 14y ago
All security is about obscurity because it involves having a secret that you don't believe anyone else can get. (ie; a password, a private key, cert, a random number, a physical object).
- jacobwil 14y agoThat isn't what security through obscurity ever means though. You're taking the words at face value while everyone else is using the words for what they actually mean. Security by obscurity doesn't refer to the secrets used as keys but instead to the way those keys are stored used to perform authentication.