| ??? 02/16/08 22:00 Read: times |
#150942 - What harm? Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Richard Erlacher said:
I've had pretty good success with "security through obscurity," using such methods as inserting a flatpack between the inner layers of an 8-layer board. Actually, this is "security through surprise". You are not announcing, "my product is secure and I won't tell you why do I say so". The chipmakers do. Richard Erlacher said:
I think you can see where I sit on this matter. Yes, certainly. Actually, it matters in 99.9% of discussions on this (and other) Forum... ;-) Richard Erlacher said:
I agree with you, in that I would allow and even encourage such discussion, but wouldn't encourage it in a public forum, as the probability of doing good is small, while the risk of doing harm is large. What risks and harms are you talking about, exactly? What risk is in reproducing what others have already published on the Internet? What is the risk of concentrating this knowledge? Those, who are determined enough to break into somebody's house, will do that regardless if there is a lockpicking "manual" or not. They will find ways how to learn lockpicking. On the other hand, the existence of the "manual" wiull at least teach the public on the true risks of relying on easily pickable locks... JW |
