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Security Through Obsolescence

Posted by Hemos on from the security-through-elderly dept.

dlur writes "This article and this article (both variations of the same article written by roblimo) delve past security through obscurity, into using old, out of date software to secure a site. Maybe it's not always in your best interest to snag the latest kernel? Perhaps think twice before jumping at the chance to buy MS's latest OS."

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  1. This is great! by Rantastic · · Score: 5, Funny

    No one can break into my house because I have a moat and a drawbridge, and a dragon behind the door. Old, but effective.

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  2. Gopher by arson1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Time to move my mp3 collection over to a gopher server :)

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  3. My new filing technique is unstoppable! by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 4, Funny

    No one can steal my data!

    I have no network. My backups are stored on 5 1/4" floppies.

    Not only can no one read these things, they'd need a truck convoy to haul them away. No way in hell they're sneaking past security with a motherfucking semi truck!

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  4. Re:Fort Knox; aka MS-DOS by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 5, Funny

    I remember researching firewall products and stumbled across one that ran on MS-DOS. According to the marketing hype, MS-DOS was the OS of choice

    Cool... just what everyone needs... a single-user, single-tasking firewall.

    Why not call it a brick-wall? :-)