Re: [Full-Disclosure] UN support for security by obscurity

2002-12-07 Thread Georgi Guninski
Richard, Your analogy to the computer world is completely false because: 1. It is my understanding that the algorithm for making nukes is not so secret, the problem is finding the hardware. Just search on google for how to make n??r bomb - Results 1 - 10 of about 2,700. Search took 0.16

Re: [Full-Disclosure] UN support for security by obscurity

2002-12-07 Thread Michal Zalewski
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Georgi Guninski wrote: Your analogy to the computer world is completely false because ...analogies are a handy way to reduce a pointless discussion to the wrong problem. It's just like... oh... wait. -- Michal Zalewski Life is like an analogy.

[Full-Disclosure] All politics is local, even in virtual communities.

2002-12-07 Thread Bob Crockett
In a recent exchange, A sky is falling!!! mystery guest hiding behind: [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote ...BS. This is exactly what they want you to think. Just about every 'war' since WWII has been scripted by the CIA (and friends) to scare you into giving up your rights in the name of national

Re: [Full-Disclosure] UN support for security by obscurity

2002-12-07 Thread Brian McWilliams
Note that the policy of security by obscurity in WMD info has been ratified by the UN via accords including the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Biological Weapons Convention and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/07/international/middleeast/07NATI.html I

[Full-Disclosure] security by obscurity

2002-12-07 Thread Berend-Jan Wever
H... ... isn't hiding your root password security through obscurity ? ... isn't hiding your private PGP key security through obscurity ? ... isn't 90% of security based on these kinds of obscurity ? FYI: Obscurity, according to the dictionary: 1. Deficiency or absence of light; darkness.