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There is no 'Security through obscurity'. At best, you will have the illusion of security, wich is worse than no security at all.
by malka 13y ago
There is no 'Security through obscurity'. At best, you will have the illusion of security, wich is worse than no security at all.
- chc 13y agoThis seems a bit like saying that there is no such thing as debugging because applications still have bugs afterward. I agree with the overall thrust that the security through obscurity is unreliable, but it is something, and it has even been effective to a limited degree on many occasions. (For example, many video game companies have employed defeatable security-through-obscurity successfully, because they only need to hold off the crackers for a couple of weeks.)
- betterunix 13y agoCan you name any software that relies on security through obscurity -- and I assume you mean obscurity from the user of the software, since nothing else seems relevant here -- that is not just a specific kind of DRM?