Theory and practice: Better living through obscurity
Pick up any mediocre text on computer security and they'll tell you that security through obscurity is the big no-no, to be avoided at all costs. Put down the book and look at real life and you will realize that security through obscurity will work just fine, if only as a first line of defence. In theory, if you don't want e-mail harvesters to pick up your address from your site, you have no other option but not to publish it. In practice, however, there's the JavaScript-based
hiveware email encoder. Insecure in theory, very covenient in practice. [via
scriptygoddess.com]
Posted by jens at August 12, 2003 11:00 AM