Security through obscurity
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:04 am
Do You believe in security through obscurity?
-That a door or a lock is secure if nobody knows the little by-pass, or that it rakes easy, or that there is a key under the door mat?
I think that if a lock is secure enough, theres no reason to keep any information about its vulnerabilities and tips on picking seacret. No high-schooler can pick an Abloy no matter what we write on the internet.
And if the lock is not secure enough, is easily pickable, or has a quick by-pass, the public should know about it. The bad guys will learn it anyway.
In theory this would apply even to most secure locks. Safes and all. If there is some vulnerability in the lock that can be revealed in the net by just using a couple sentences it should be known by the manufactorer and every consumer. Like ”drill 3 inch below dial”.
I´m not saying we should help the random crook that comes to these forums, we can tell them to piss off or we can have some fun on them.
And I´m not trying to change the morals of the whole locksport community over night.
I´m just hoping for some discussion.
-That a door or a lock is secure if nobody knows the little by-pass, or that it rakes easy, or that there is a key under the door mat?
I think that if a lock is secure enough, theres no reason to keep any information about its vulnerabilities and tips on picking seacret. No high-schooler can pick an Abloy no matter what we write on the internet.
And if the lock is not secure enough, is easily pickable, or has a quick by-pass, the public should know about it. The bad guys will learn it anyway.
In theory this would apply even to most secure locks. Safes and all. If there is some vulnerability in the lock that can be revealed in the net by just using a couple sentences it should be known by the manufactorer and every consumer. Like ”drill 3 inch below dial”.
I´m not saying we should help the random crook that comes to these forums, we can tell them to piss off or we can have some fun on them.
And I´m not trying to change the morals of the whole locksport community over night.
I´m just hoping for some discussion.