Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 10/22/07 01:47

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> Sanders Kaufman wrote:
>>> "Gary L. Burnore" <gburnore@databasix.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ffgar8$3n6$1@blackhelicopter.databasix.com...
>>>> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 18:42:39 GMT, "Sanders Kaufman"
>>>
>>>>> Yeah -but if you obscure the door well, you don't have to worry about
>>>>> locking it.
>>>> Not true at all. Comparing it to hacking, someone tries everything
>>>> whether or not it looks like a knob until something opens. Locking
>>>> the door would prevent that.
>>>
>>> No - locking the door only slows them down after an attack has begun.
>>> If you want to PREVENT the attack - obscure the target.
>>> You can't hit what you can't see.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Sure you can. It's harder, but not at all impossible.
>>
> You wont even try to hit something you don't know is there.
>

Hackers don't care if it's there or not. They'll so a systematic scan
just to see if something's there. It doesn't cost them anything.

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