Why security through obscurity still matters: not as your only defence, but as a practical layer that raises attacker cost.
  • kyub@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    34·
    16 hours ago

    After you’ve already established security, you can add obscurity (without compromising security) on top for an even bigger gain in security overall. But you can’t do obscurity in place of security.

  • Shayeta@feddit.orgEnglish
    14·
    16 hours ago

    Security through obscurity is a good thing to have, but a bad thing to rely on.

    • gian @lemmy.grys.itEnglish
      41·
      14 hours ago

      /s Technically speaking you rely on it any time you set a password, just saying…

    • BennyInc@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      16 hours ago

      That’s rookie numbers. You gotta pump those up. Go for 2048 times ROT13, or optimize by going 1024 times ROT26. Fully optimized, 512 times ROT52 is the best.