In security engineering, security through obscurity is the practice of concealing the details or mechanisms of a system to enhance its security. This approach...

concept is widely embraced by cryptographers, in contrast to security through obscurity, which is not. Kerckhoffs's principle was phrased by American...

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Look up obscurity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Obscurity may refer to: Security through obscurity, a controversial principle in security engineering...

visit, though standards bodies discourage countering this with security through obscurity. Some archival sites ignore robots.txt. The standard was used...

using that address. MAC address filtering can be considered as security through obscurity because the effectiveness is based on "the secrecy of the implementation...

users' privacy Security through obscurity – Reliance on design or implementation secrecy for security Separation of protection and security – Mechanism v...

algorithm itself. Analysis of the algorithm shows that it relies on security through obscurity. For example, this renders RTMPE vulnerable to Man in the Middle...

technical. Usable security also sits opposite the idea of security through obscurity by working to ensure that users are aware of the security implications...

software's closed-source nature and alleged security through obscurity design; UltraReach says their security considerations mean they prefer third party...

Programmers may deliberately obfuscate code to conceal its purpose (security through obscurity) or its logic or implicit values embedded in it, primarily, in...

networks The belief that SCADA systems have the benefit of security through obscurity through the use of specialized protocols and proprietary interfaces...

forum for disseminating advisories, explains "We don't believe in security by obscurity, and as far as we know, full disclosure is the only way to ensure...

in responsible full disclosure. Locksport enthusiasts target security through obscurity that is common within the locksmith industry, as well as among...

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His ideas were the basis for many modern security practices, and followed that security through obscurity is a bad practice. Simply making source code...

of steganography that lack a formal shared secret are forms of security through obscurity, while key-dependent steganographic schemes try to adhere to Kerckhoffs's...

speaker at the security conference SAINTCON 2021, where he lambasted locksmiths' complacency and reliance on security through obscurity. LockPickingLawyer's...

Security engineering is the process of incorporating security controls into an information system so that the controls become an integral part of the...

is sometimes referred to as "talking around" and is a form of security through obscurity. A notable example of obfuscation of written communication is...

Presumed security is the opposite of security through obscurity. A system relying on security through obscurity may have actual security vulnerabilities...

application security is based on the premise that any application or service (whether it is malware or desirable) relies on security through obscurity. Open...

different issues. Some security experts feel that including the "Discoverability" element as the last D rewards security through obscurity, so some organizations...

drives. As a closed source product, Share partially relies on security through obscurity. Like many other P2P applications, Share downloads files in blocks...

ASCF fell into obscurity, and other organizations continued to promote the slogan. The Heritage Foundation and the Center for Security Policy (CSP) have...

one way of preventing successful attacks is security through obscurity. Keeping the IT department's security systems and practices confidential helps prevent...

system in use. Since cryptographic security should never depend on the obscurity of either (see security through obscurity, specifically both Shannon's Maxim...

debate over the security of free software in comparison to proprietary software, with a major issue being security through obscurity. A popular quantitative...

authentication mechanism for a server. From a security perspective, simple port knocking relies on security through obscurity; unintended publication of the knock...

secrecy-of-design reliance is known as security through obscurity and ignores an adversary's ability to mimic client-server interaction through, for example, reverse engineering...