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Originally Posted by Mike
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.)
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Actually, it's very frequently a good tactic, so long as it's not the only tactic. Why make it easier for someone to compromise the system? Just make sure that if it's guarding something important, there are other measures to prevent unauthorized access.
As for the Windows-Linux analogy, I don't think that that really helps your point. You've pointed to a correlation, but haven't established causation—there are many more facets to that issue that should be considered.
By the way, it's not "virii", it's "viruses", both in English and Latin.
Here's why. (Scroll down...the article tackles other, related issues first.)