Re: Delphi 7 update

From: Will DeWitt Jr. (edge_at_NOSPAM.icehouse.net)
Date: 11/24/04


Date: 24 Nov 2004 01:12:07 -0700

Eric Grange wrote:

> I heartily suggest you (and whoever edicted that rule) to get a web
> security crash course ASAP, edicting such a rule on banning URLs
> and mixing it up with keys sharing indicates a misunderstanding
> of basic security concepts.

They have a phrase for that-- "security through obscurity". I'd hardly
call hidden FTP directories the benchmark by which other forms of
security should be measured.

Will

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