From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
To: <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] 'wall' messages
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:40:39 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0310080838510.1216-100000@einstein.ssz.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <zNGdneRfx9_vFx6iU-KYvA@comcast.com>
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Douglas A. Gwyn wrote:
> Sheesh. People are things too.
Oh god...
> > This is one advantage, security through obscurity, ...
>
> That is an abuse of the term "security through obscurity",
> originally introduced only as a label for a failed idea,
> not as a recommendation.
No it's not. It injects a level of complexity or resource usage that makes
the cost of doing the job higher. The intent of that is to lock out those
who don't have the entry level resources.
It's an -exactly- fair use of the term.
-- --
God exists because mathematics is consistent, and the Devil exist because we
can't prove it.
Andre Weil, in H. Eves, Mathematical Circles Adieu
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-10-08 13:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-10-07 0:30 mirtchov
2003-10-07 0:33 ` boyd
2003-10-07 0:35 ` jmk
2003-10-07 2:28 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-07 2:27 ` boyd
2003-10-07 2:54 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-07 2:30 ` [9fans] A final question on regex Jim Choate
2003-10-07 3:08 ` [9fans] 'wall' messages Bruce Ellis
2003-10-07 3:11 ` boyd
2003-10-07 3:31 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-07 4:04 ` andrey mirtchovski
2003-10-07 4:17 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-07 4:23 ` [9fans] A fine point on 'lazy update' Jim Choate
2003-10-07 4:25 ` [9fans] 'wall' messages andrey mirtchovski
2003-10-07 13:56 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-07 14:09 ` mirtchov
2003-10-07 14:19 ` Dan Cross
2003-10-07 17:27 ` Ralph Corderoy
2003-10-07 9:50 ` Bruce Ellis
2003-10-07 10:41 ` Lucio De Re
2003-10-07 11:27 ` Bruce Ellis
2003-10-07 11:52 ` Lucio De Re
2003-10-07 12:10 ` boyd
2003-10-08 1:43 ` okamoto
2003-10-07 13:15 ` matt
2003-10-07 12:33 ` Lucio De Re
2003-10-07 14:09 ` Dan Cross
2003-10-07 13:40 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-08 8:39 ` Douglas A. Gwyn
2003-10-08 13:40 ` Jim Choate [this message]
2003-10-07 13:49 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-07 21:35 ` Bruce Ellis
2003-10-07 22:07 ` Joel Salomon
2003-10-08 5:34 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-08 5:48 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-08 14:21 ` rog
2003-10-08 18:14 ` David Presotto
2003-10-08 18:52 ` mirtchov
2003-10-09 15:07 ` rog
2003-10-09 15:10 ` David Presotto
2003-10-08 17:40 ` a
2003-10-07 22:38 ` boyd
2003-10-08 9:36 ` Ralph Corderoy
2003-10-08 13:57 ` Dan Cross
2003-10-07 23:19 ` a
2003-10-08 2:35 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-08 2:42 ` Bruce Ellis
2003-10-08 2:52 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-08 14:46 ` rt
2003-10-09 0:31 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-10-09 1:29 ` Bruce Ellis
2003-10-09 18:36 ` rog
2003-10-09 22:32 ` Geoff Collyer
2003-10-08 9:36 ` Ralph Corderoy
2003-10-08 13:38 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-08 17:02 ` a
2003-10-08 14:24 ` rt
2003-10-08 15:10 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-08 15:47 ` rt
2003-10-08 21:53 ` Charles Forsyth
2003-10-08 22:59 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-07 3:48 ` Dan Cross
2003-10-07 3:51 ` boyd
2003-10-07 4:09 ` Jim Choate
2003-10-07 4:15 ` boyd
2003-10-07 2:37 YAMANASHI Takeshi
2003-10-07 2:41 ` boyd
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