[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. (...I

Re: [Full-Disclosure] "security by obscurity"

2002-12-08 Thread Niels Bakker
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Berend-Jan Wever) [Sun 08 Dec 2002, 06:08 CET]: > 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 ? No. You are confu

Re: [Full-Disclosure] "security by obscurity"

2002-12-09 Thread Georgi Guninski
Berend-Jan Wever wrote: 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 ? IMHO this is not security by obscurity. An example for security by

Re: [Full-Disclosure] "security by obscurity"

2002-12-09 Thread Roland Postle
On Mon, 09 Dec 2002 18:57:35 +0200, Georgi Guninski wrote: >Berend-Jan Wever wrote: >> 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 ?