Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 15:42:39 -0500 From: "Peter C. Lai" <sirmoo@cowbert.2y.net> To: Bigby Findrake <bigby@ephemeron.org> Cc: dtalk-ml@prairienet.org, Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>, ray@redshift.com, Danny Carroll <danny@dannysplace.net>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org>, Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> Subject: Re: Need urgent help regarding security Message-ID: <20051121204239.GC326@cowbert.2y.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0511211228040.91177-100000@home.fake.net> References: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0511210816460.26145@atlantis.flyingjoke.org> <Pine.BSF.4.44.0511211228040.91177-100000@home.fake.net>
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On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 12:35:44PM -0800, Bigby Findrake wrote: > I'd just like to make a small contribution to this discussion. > > While most of us understand the merits and flaws of security through > obscurity, I would like to point out the semantic fact that the phrase is, > indeed, "security *through* obscurity", that while not flawless, obscurity > is another path to security, that it is (more) difficult to attack the > host you cannot see, (more) difficult to exploit the flaw you cannot > detect, (more) difficult to connect to the daemon you do not know is > listening. > You can also couple this with port-knocking (or even just port-knocking on 22). > > > /-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ > I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. > > finger://bigby@ephemeron.org > http://www.ephemeron.org/~bigby/ > news://news.ephemeron.org/alt.lemurs > /-------------------------------------------------------------------------/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Peter C. Lai Dept. of Neurobiology Yale University School of Medicine http://cowbert.2y.net/
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