[off-topic] Re: [Mimedefang] Stripping Selected Headers

[Rob MacGregor]

On 31/05/05, Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgrail at pccc.com> wrote:
> Rob, my $0.02: There is value in security through obscurity as part of an
> overall security plan.  Your statement is like saying Fort Knox is so secure
> we shouldn't protect the blueprints to the building.

No individual "solution" does - defence in depth and all that :-) 
That's the reason I use different products to parse and scan my email
on my relay server and the actual mail host.

I agree - if you're using obscurity as part as you're overall
strategy, and you've really thought it through and identified what
it's buying you (as hopefully you've done for all your other security
measures) then yes, it's valid.  Heck, I use it as part of some
solutions myself - but only part.

However, as your one and only "security" measure, it's doomed from the start.

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      Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he 
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