RE: SERVER NAMES

[Patrick Greenwell <patrick () cybernothing org>]

On Wed, 2 Feb 2000, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:

> > >   db.accounting.bigcorp.com
> > >   foozlebutt.bigcorp.com
> >
> > Do we need to re-visit the "security through obscurity" argument here?
>
> Obscurity is like chicken soup ... it can't hurt

A false sense of security is worse than no sense of security at all.

The proof is left as an execise for the reader.

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                               Patrick Greenwell                          
                       Earth is a single point of failure.
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