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catocyesterday at 3:57 PM2 repliesview on HN

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

”Security including obscurity“ is fine.


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consumer451yesterday at 4:25 PM

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.

justonceokayyesterday at 4:00 PM

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