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Security by Obscurity, really?

19 June 20253 January 2016 by Trevor Murimba

Security by ObscurityOh YES, Oh YES, really! Wait!, what!, NO! NO I mean YES! but…? Well, it all started when me and one of my ‘Skiddy’ friends went for a sleep over at our ‘Geeky’ friends place. The first few words that came out of his mouth (Skiddy friend) as we walked into our (Geeky friend’s) flat was, “I wish you had WiFi so I could connect to it and show you this web-based (bandwidth intense) app I have running remotely on one of my Servers but then again, I am picking up other WiFi signals, unfortunately their signals are really weak, like my Hacking skills!” (laughing) He went on to say, “If only I had mad skills (l337 h4x0r), I would have connected to one of the nearby WiFi’s, piggybacked it’s Internet connection to show you!” My Geeky friend replied, “I do have WiFi but it’s because of people like you it’s running in stealth mode!” It immediately registered and he (Skiddy friend) replied,

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Categories Security Tags Default CMS Admin Backend URL Renaming, Encryption, Local Administrator Account Disabling, Port Renaming, Security by Obscurity, SSH Port Tunneling, SSID Hiding, SSID WiFi Disabling, Steganography, TechnoTrev, Trevor Murimba 2 Comments
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