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To: Alexander Langer <alex@cichlids.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux not FreeBSD?
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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Date: 16 Jun 1999 14:08:49 +0200
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Alexander Langer <alex@cichlids.com> writes:
> Additionally, writing pseudo-hacker-applications, as Winnuke or such
> a thing, that exploits a OS, that is only used by "few" people just
> won´t happen (almost), but will happen if many people use it (if you
> know/understand, what I try to express).

What you are trying to express is 'security through obscurity', which
is a preposterous concept.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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