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[Discuss] Encrypt Everything? Good Luck With That



On 3/29/2016 10:54 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote:
> If the world were magically to switch to Open Source Everything,
> assuming physical security, is there an argument that this is somehow
> insecure -- that some code needs to be secret in order for it to be
> secure?  Chip fabs, hardware designs, missiles, attack systems,
> radar, networks, nuclear and energy systems etc.

None of this matters. Secret or open, attackers always have the option
to attack security systems in ways they were not designed to defend.
This is the attacker's advantage.

-- 
Rich P.



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