14 Jul
2012
14 Jul
'12
5:50 p.m.
The fact that your prefix is a Secret Sauce that isn't known to the rest of the world won't matter much to an attacker. One 'ifconfig' on whatever beachhead machine the attacker has inside your net, and it's not Secret Sauce anymore, it's just another bottle of Thousand Island dressing...
security through obsurity is such tempting koolaid. people fall for it continually and repeatedly. i especially like the one where filtering ula at your border is thought to be any different than filtering a bit of global at your border. randy