[Mediawiki-l] Force users to log in?

Pedro Timoteo patimoteo at dti.pga.aero
Fri Apr 22 14:56:28 UTC 2005


>Does this mean that if some hacker found out what my website was made
>of, he could easily find his way in? Am I making a site that is more
>easier to hack, as all source is free-ly avaiable for them to find
>security holes?
>  
>
Don't believe in security through obscurity. Open Source may mean people 
find holes, but if that happens they are quickly fixed - and then they 
are no longer there. Much better than if they are there, only not (yet) 
known.





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