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Re: DNS Names for external services
From: John Morrison <john.morrison101 () googlemail com>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:57:48 +0100
I have to agree with the view that obfuscation/obscurity is not the way to go. It increases the difficulty of use and, in this case, provides very little benefit. See "Why Security-Through-Obscurity Won't Work" (http://slashdot.org/features/980720/0819202.shtml) "What is "security through obscurity"" (http://users.softlab.ntua.gr/~taver/security/secur3.html) For a wider discussion see "Secrecy, Security, and Obscurity" (http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0205.html) On 13 April 2010 21:22, Jim Seymour <jseymour () linxnet com> wrote:
From: "Behm, Jeff" <jbehm () burnsmcd com> To: Firewall Wizards Security Mailing List <firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:16:06 -0500 Subject: [fw-wiz] DNS Names for external services Just curious, what is your opinions of the security vs. ease of use trade-offs on putting DNS entries in (vs. making people know/use an IP address) for services you expose to the Internet.[snip] I believe there's nothing significant to be gained by such obfuscation. Regards, Jim -- Note: My mail server employs *very* aggressive anti-spam filtering. If you reply to this email and your email is rejected, please accept my apologies and let me know via my web form at <http://jimsun.LinxNet.com/contact/scform.php>. _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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- Re: DNS Names for external services, (continued)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Paul D. Robertson (Apr 27)
- Re: DNS Names for external services R. DuFresne (Apr 27)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Andre Lima (Apr 26)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Dave Piscitello (Apr 27)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Paul Melson (Apr 14)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Dave Piscitello (Apr 22)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Paul Melson (Apr 22)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Dave Piscitello (Apr 22)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Henri Salo (Apr 14)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Kent Crispin (Apr 14)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Jim Seymour (Apr 14)
- Re: DNS Names for external services John Morrison (Apr 14)
- Re: DNS Names for external services kent (Apr 15)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Marcus J. Ranum (Apr 14)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Jens Link (Apr 15)
- Re: DNS Names for external services John Morrison (Apr 14)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Behm, Jeff (Apr 14)
- Re: DNS Names for external services orca Puget (Apr 14)
- Re: DNS Names for external services Peter Bruderer (Apr 14)