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Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 10/21/07 20:45
"Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:vI2dnQmcHuLAL4banZ2dnUVZ_rXinZ2d@comcast.com...
> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>> The only total security is to unplug the damned thing.
>> Everything else either works, or it doesn't.
>> If obscurity keeps the bad guys away - it's REAL security.
>
> But obscurity doesn't keep bad guys away. That's the false assumption.
Actually - it's a proven security strategy that has worked for thousands of
years.
What is it about y'all Republicans that you simply WILL NOT learn from
history?
When I was in the Navy, one of my favorite pieces of crypto gear was a
[redacted].
What was so cool about this thing was when you cracked the box, there were
all these PC cards and wires and flashing lights.
But none of that stuff did *anything*.
The crypto circuitry was all embedded in the boxes casing.
When you cracked the case, it toggled control over to the components so that
they would appear to be functional to anyone who tried to hack it.
But then there's you - some crazy guy on Usenet who angrily insists, "it'll
never work".
Ha!
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