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Unread 01-12-2005, 15:26
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Re: Competition Super Dongle

Security through obscurity is never a good tactic. Look at a commonly used program that some of you may know, Windows. It's source code is not available to the public. Because of this, it is harder to write virii (because you can't see evident holes, you must find them.) Now look at an open-source operating system, Linux. You could see the code and find holes, but for some reason there are less virii for Linux than for Windows. (Yes, I know it may be because of less Linux users... but my point is still valid.)

If somebody wanted to go through the trouble of making a killer robot, finding the funding, etc. they will go through the trouble of figuring out IFI's pinout positions. Right now they are just penalizing teams that may want to use it for legitimate, helpful, purposes... such as TonzOfun.

Open the protocol/pin diagrams.
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