Question

Is simply hiding vulnerabilities and other system architecture information a solid method of defense? What methods would you suggest?

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Answer 1

Simply hiding vulnerabilities and other system architecture information is suggestable only at the times of emergency.

It is not advisable either at the stage of development or if we have enough and sufficient time to fix those. Because it is temporary that one can hide vulnerabilities for a long time. Once our vulnerabilities and software architecture are known to opponents or any hackers, they start depriving us or they might even copy our architecture if it is good.

Having vulnerabilities in our software is like providing a loop hole to the hackers. So if we simply hide them, it indirectly means we are giving ? permission to outsiders for accessing our software or to play with our software.

Later we can't claim like, it's our fruit but others are having it. So at the times of emergency only hiding out vulnerabilities and system architecture information is convincable.

Maximum try to avoid hiding. Be cautious while developing itself, because it costs more than hundred times during the time of maintenance than at the time of developing.

Hope this helps you. :)