> but that doesn't mean obscurity itself somehow reduces security... Banks have window facades for a reason... Transparency is also a way of increasing securi

> but that doesn't mean obscurity itself somehow reduces security... Banks have window facades for a reason... Transparency is also a way of increasing security. It cuts both ways. Consider a weakness in a hash algorithm. If found by a 3rd party, you want this information to be publicly announced as soon as possible (be you Alice or Chuck), but that's only possible if the algorithm is widely available in the first place.