Re: Be very careful from now on...

First, anyone that touts "security through obscurity" is naive and shouldn't
be listened to anyway.

Second, if it takes a Windows source code leak to make you worry about
security, you are already way behind the curve.

In all honesty, a Windows source code leak should have no real affect on
your security concerns because you should have had everything locked down
under the assumption that your OS has the ability to be hacked (whether it
is AS/400, Windows, Unix or Nintendo).

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hans Boldt" <boldt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: Be very careful from now on...


> Adam Lang wrote:
> > Be careful about what?
> >
>
> Some people have been touting the advantages of "security through
> obscurity". That argument can no longer be used in defense of MS's
> closed source O/S. With source code available for direct inspection,
> there is the very real concern that unscrupulous people now have a new
> technique for discovering security holes in MS software. Anyone who uses
> an MS O/S (which includes practically all of us) now has more reason
> than ever to be concerned.
>
> Cheers! Hans