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Re:Security through obscurity is underrated by asimops on Monday October 24, 2022 @09:58AM (#33316689)
On a technical term, if I were to find a 404 for a domain, I know there is a webserver there. Is this really helping all that much?
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Re:Security through obscurity is underrated by kayson on Monday October 24, 2022 @01:19PM (#33319516)
Yes, because you would still have to know a valid hostname to actually get anywhere. This of course assumes no bugs/vulnerabilities in the web server.
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