(Mis)Uses of Technology

(Mis)Uses of Technology

by Mike Masnick




Security Through Obsolescence?

from the is-that-really-safe? dept

While many people practice "security through obscurity", but simply placing things in hard to find places, this article talks about others who prefer security through obsolescence. The idea is that with older software products, there are more security patches, they're more stable, and (most importantly) most of today's hackers don't know (or care) anything about them. This seems like a fairly weak argument - as even the article points out that most security holes are due to configuration errors.

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    Jun 6th, 2002 @ 2:06pm
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    by Anonymous Coward

    I thought most security holes were due to Windows?!?!?

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    • Jun 6th, 2002 @ 3:59pm
    • I'm stoopid

      by msykes

      You know, I just now realized that Windows has to by definition have security holes. I mean they don't call the OS "Brick Walls"!

      Okay, but my real point... the ultimate security is to combine security by obsolescence with security by obscurity! Unbreakable!

      msykes

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