Dean Sas wrote: > Daniel Drummond wrote: > >>> 2009/10/27 Philip Stubbs <phi...@stuphi.co.uk>: >>> >>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8326264.stm?ls >>>> > > >> /"Some of the security is through obscurity but it's also better by >> design," he said./ >> >> >> Just doesn't make sense at all. Surely as it is an open-source system, >> there is no obscurity. I think he means to say that Ubuntu is a smaller >> target for crackers than some others. >> > > It makes perfect sense, he said exactly what you said he meant to say. > > Obscurity doesn't just mean the "hidden" or opaqueness. It also means > little known. > > > Dean > > An unfortunate choice of phrase though, considering the negative connotations it has with respect to security.
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