Posted by Gordon Burditt on 10/22/07 02:33

>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.

Yes, you CAN sometimes hit what you can't see. The Nigerian bank
fraud scammers, spammers, and those doing port scans looking for
vulnerabilities do it all the time. Randomly or sequentially
scanning the Internet may not be very efficient, but it does work.

Various blind mugees (and people fighting hand-to-hand in the dark)
have proven that they can hear where an attacker is and kick sensitive
body parts without having to see the attacker.

Machine guns can spray an area with bullets even if you can't see
the attacker. It's not a very efficient use of ammunition, but it
still can be effective.

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