full-disclosure - Response to comments on Security and Obscurity

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From: jftucker at gmail.com (James Tucker)
Subject: Response to comments on Security and Obscurity

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:53:20 -0700 (PDT), Security List
<secfocuslist@...oo.com> wrote:
> Mr. Tucker wrote:
> 
> >Maybe, but you have to educate people somehow, and
> you don't have time
> >to explain everything.
> 
> This is an excuse and the weak point.  If you do not
> have time, and the audience does not care enough to
> spend the time, then the battle is already lost.

I apologise, but I have spent most of my life at this and I don't know
everything, I doubt my audience would donate that much time, even if I
gave it. But thank you for your encouragement.