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[Discuss] DNS question about DNSENUM.PL



--On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:48 PM -0400 Bill Horne <bill at horne.net> 
wrote:

> As does having a T-1 connection on local cables that anyone with a ladder
> can disrupt, or

True, but why make it easier for an attacker to launch a denial of service 
against yourself while making the system harder for legitimate users to 
use? That's not good security.


> It's more like changing the lock to an unmarked housing that makes the
> lockpicker guess at
> which manufacturer he's up against. As I wrote before, security is about

A locksmith can identify most kinds of locks by the shapes of the keyways. 
The actual delay against intrusion is effectively zero.

-- 
Rich P.



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