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Re: cygwin potentially corrupting permissions?

Andrey Repin wrote:


@Greg Freemyer: An "army in the world" does not have passwords and firewalls.
That's the only reason they are trying to rely on obscurity. Doesn't quite
work, as attacker could just carpet bomb the target positions.

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password = obscure secret; crypto = hidden secrets that take time to find.

Both are a form of obscurity.



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