This article is an explanation of what security through obscurity is, why it's terrible if it's your only defense, and some ways in which you might...
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This should be mandatory reading for anyone in the industry.
Thanks Adrián!! :)
I wanted to rebuke but your aside sums up everything I had to say. There's an interesting DEFCON video about obscurity to fuck with reverse engineers.
Great article! Style, pacing, length... perhaps the best article I've read on dev.to yet.
I haven't seen that DEFCON video yet, I'll check it out.
Awwww. Thanks so much!
As someone whose been hit with security issues in the past (mostly social engineering), I definitely agree this is a useful read for everyone here. Thank you for posting it!
Actually, that's a great idea for my next article!
Haha that's a great topic. I was hit by a horrible social engineering scam in college and wound up writing my info security term paper on social engineering. People underestimate it so often and as a result it's the most dangerous for the most people.
Really good breakdown of some super important things to make note of if you're a security administrator or penetration tester. Nice!
Thanks!! :)
Awesome article there's not alot of good security articles on Dev.
I'm doing my best to change that! :)
Great Article
Thanks Nijeesh! :)
Like Adrian said, I hope every developer would read this, understand it, and worship it.
As for rolling your own crypto, even if you SERIOUSLY know what you're doing... just don't 😆
Hahaha. Just... yeah. Just don't.