Re: LUKS password gets printed as stars
On 2017-12-20, Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> wrote:
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> On 21/12/17 02:02, Curt wrote:
>> Also, I'm uncertain whether suppression of the asterisk-echo qualifies
>> as "security by obscurity"
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> I think most people accept that obscurity is quite reasonable for
> passwords ...
>
> Richard
>
Wonderful, Dick, however, I was referring to the specific expression
"security by (or through) obscurity," which denotes something else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity
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