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Re:The West’s failed fight against China’s ‘Cloud Hopper’ ha... by nickpsecurity on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @04:12PM (#20288642)
Security by obfuscation of techniques involved. Classic trick. It's the best so long as each security measure and their interactions are fairly secure.
Re:The West’s failed fight against China’s ‘Cloud Hopper’ ha... by opportune on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @05:16PM (#20289290)
I would say obfuscation is a valid strategy if also coupled with good security practices / algorithmic security. You're no less secure than if you were using the common flavors of good security practices (assuming you didn't create a mistake in rolling your own, which is a difficult assumption) but the effort required to target you is much higher than normal, and you are somewhat shielded from blanket-applying zero days.