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A comment on China airs documentary proving military university is hacking U.S. targets. Parent comment

Re:China airs documentary proving military university is hac... by redxaxder on Tuesday August 23, 2011 @08:41PM (#2918967)
No more than keeping your encryption keys a secret is security through obscurity.

Even if you're transparent about your overall scheme, you need to keep some execution details hidden.

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Re:China airs documentary proving military university is hac... by gcb on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @05:54PM (#2922624)
no. security and government decency is telling everyone "we spend x billions here and use z and y to encrypt access to it"

what happens is "we spent x billions on toilet seats (to quote an alien movie) and password go over the air unencrypted, but we are not telling you the frequency"

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