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On Security Through Obscurity

Security by Obscurity is when you hide how a security measure works, not when you keep some part of it a secret.

Daniel Miessler, “No, Moving Your SSH Port Isn’t Security by Obscurity”

As a former sysadmin (but no expert on security): This should be read and re-read. After which one should take a few days and read it again before saying anything on the subject.

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Posted 31st December 2020