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lm411today at 5:29 AM2 repliesview on HN

I disagree, obscurity wastes attacker resources and easily fools a lot of simple vulnerability scanners.

Obscurity is totally underrated. Attacker resources are limited.


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otikiktoday at 10:54 AM

It’s kind of having a line of cardboard tanks. Can be helpful in some circumstances, but it can’t always replace actual tanks

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dahcryntoday at 6:28 AM

thank you, I had this debate at work so many times.

Sure it's not a security measure as such, but it's still a worthwile component to the overall defense system.

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