[off-topic] Stripping Headers - answers to questions
Dirk the Daring <dirk <at> psicorps.org>
2005-06-01 16:50:17 GMT
>From: Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor <at> gmail.com>
>
>On 31/05/05, Dirk the Daring <dirk <at> psicorps.org> wrote:
>> Hello, I would like to get some help on a specific task in MD. I've
>> searched the mailing list archives, and I've not found what I want to do
>> in there.
>
>You may want to look into the actual value of "security through
>obscurity". I suspect you'll find it doesn't buy you anything like
>what you're thinking it does.
Yes and no. See my other response on this topic below.
>From: "Kevin A. McGrail" <kmcgrail <at> pccc.com>
>
>However, more to the point, Dirk: What is your end-goal in modifying the
>headers because it's a setup for a nightmare in debugging a lost email. The
>strength of email and sendmail especially is the culpability and tracking.
>You will be removing a cornerstone of that culpability.
True, but as I mentioned in an earlier E-Mail, this system does not
talk directly to the 'Net, is very restricted in the hosts to which it
does talk (in practical terms, less than a dozen total), and the
necessary tracking can be handled via logging.
>From: Rob MacGregor <rob.macgregor <at> gmail.com>
>
>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
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