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catoc 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Security through obscurity is not bad

“Security through obscurity” has the connotation that it is the obscurity that achieves the security - which is bad.

”Security including obscurity“ is fine.

consumer451 3 months ago | [–]

Yeah, I always thought that real security is priority #1. But, using convenient obscurity lowers the obvious attack surface to things like automated scanners, just a bit.

justonceokay 3 months ago | [–]

Yes it’s not that it’s bad, it just means you aren’t done yet

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