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security through obscurity

phrase

Definitions

  1. The habit or practice of relying on a potential attacker's lack of knowledge will…

    The habit or practice of relying on a potential attacker's lack of knowledge will maintain security.

    • This security through obscurity proved adequate for our prototype, but it was unacceptable for a turnin service in wide use.
    • According to security-through-obscurity advocates, if we carefully hide our gaping vulnerabilities from our enemies, the bad guys will give up in frustration when they cannot easily find holes.
    • Things such as security through obscurity become common practices that usually have damaging results.

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