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From: Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
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Subject: Re: Magic quotes? Should I still be cautious?
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:47:32 +0100
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Jerry Stuckle, 2012-01-11 14:44:

> On 1/11/2012 5:00 AM, Arno Welzel wrote:
>> Jerry Stuckle, 2012-01-08 21:59:
>>
>> [...]
>>> I do other things also, but don't want to get into too much detail in a
>>> public forum.
>>
>> "Security by obscurity" does not work. If your security only relies on
>> the fact, that you try to keep the procedures or code a secret, it is
>> flawed.
> 
> No, security by obscurity does not work.  But that does not mean one 
> should broadcast to the world everything he does.

Of course it is not neccessary to publish every detail about the
procedures to avoid spam, attacks etc. - but some basic procedures
should be discussed in public, since you might often think you are
"secure" but you just didn't see the flaws in your procedures yet.

For example: I use SpamAssassin and do greylisting on my server. If i
would get less spam just because i keep this information a secret then
SpamAssassin itself and greylistign should be considered useless.


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Arno Welzel
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